2010 Excursion to the Isle of Man
READINGLIST
Obligatory reading for all and everyone going on the tour: Wilson, David M: The Vikings in the Isle of Man. Aarhus University Press 2008. (130 p.) -------
Literary sources:
The Isle of Man in some Norse poetry and sagas. Stencil. (8 p.)
A poem in praise of Raghnall, king of Man. Ed. and trans. by B. ? Cuív, ?gse VIII, iv, 283-301 (18 p.)
Chronicles of the Kings of Man and the Isles. [Cronica Regum mannie et Isularum.] Transcribed and translated with an introduction by G. Broderick. 1079 (50 p.)
Secondary literature:
Barnes: Michael: “Norse in the British Isles.” In Faulkes, Anthony and Perkins, Richard (eds.): Viking Revaluations. Viking Society for Northern Research, Univ. College London 1993:65-84 (19 p.)
Beuermann, Ian: Masters of the Narrow Sea. Forgotten Challenges to Norwegian Rule in Man and the Isles, 1079-1266. Doctoral dissertation University of Oslo, Faculty of Humanities 2007:1-53, 324-379. (108 p.)
Broderick, George: “Place-names of the Isle of Man. An introduction”. In Broderick, George: A Dictionary of Manx Place-Names. 2006:xi-xv (4 p.)
Fellows-Jensen, Gillian: “Scandinavian settlement in the Isle of Man and North-West England: the place-name evidence.” In Fell, Christine & al.: The Viking Age in the Isle of Man. Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London 1983: 37- 50 (13 p)
Fuglestvedt, Ingrid: “Mellom hedendom og kristendom – mellom ?ttesamfunn og kongerike. Bruken av monumentale anlegg i en brytningstid.” In Fuglestvedt, Ingrid and Bj?rn Myhre (eds.): Konflikt i forhistorien. AmS-Varia 30, Arkeologisk museum i Stavanger 1997: 41-55 (14 p.)
Fuglestvdt, Ingrid; Hern?s, Per: ”Rituell kommunikasjon i yngre jernalder. Forslag til modell for forst?else av storhauger og steinkors i brytningstiden mellom hedendom og kristendom.” I Kr?ger, Jens Flemming og Naley, Helge-Rolf: Nordsj?en. Handel, religion og politikk. [Karm?ysundseminaret 1994 og 1995] Kopervik 1996:140-150. (10 p.) Hern?s, Per: “Kristen innflytelse i Rogalands vikingtid.” In Lidén, Hans Emil (ed.) M?tet mellom hedendom og kristendom i Norge. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1995: 80-120 (40 p.)
Holman, Katherine: “Isle of Man”. In Holman, K.: Scandinavian Runic Inscriptions in the Britsh Isles: Their Historical Context. Innskrifter og datering. Senter for middelalderstudier SKRIFTER nr. 4 , Tapir, Trondheim 1996: 86-100, 165-171 (20 p)
Holman, Katherine: “The dating of Scandinavian Runic Inscriptions from the Isle of Man.” In Dybdahl Audun, Hagland jan Rganar (eds.): Innskrifter og datering. Senter for middelalderstudier SKRIFTER nr. 8 , Tapir, Trondheim 1998:43-52 (9 p.)
Kinvig, R.H. “The early Christian period 450-800”. “The Scandinavian settlement 800-1266.” “ Life under Scandinavian rule”. In Kinvig, R.H.: The Isle of Man. A Social, Cultural and Political History. Liverpool University Press 1975: 39-80. (40p.)
Liest?l, Aslak: “An Iona rune stone and the world of man and the Isles.” In Fell, Christine & al.: The Viking Age in the Isle of Man. Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London 1983:85-93 (8 p.)
Margeson, Sue: “On the iconography of the Manx crosses.” In Fell, Christine & al.: The Viking Age in the Isle of Man. Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London 1983:95-105 (10 p.)
Marstrander, Carl J. S. “Remarks on the place-names of the Isle of Man.” Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap VII 1934:287-93 (6 p.)
Megaw, B. “Norseman and native in the Kingdom of the Isles: a Re-assessment of the Manx evidence.” In Davey, Peter (ed): Man and Environment in the Isle of Man. British Archaeology Reports, British Series 54, Oxford 1978:265-314 (49 p.)
Page, R. I. : “Some thoughts on Manx runes.” (1980) In Page, R.I and Parsons, D.(eds.): Runes andRunic Inscriptions. Collected essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking runes. The Boydell Press 1995:207-224. (17 p.)
Page, R.I.: “More thoughts on Manx runes.” In Thompson, Clairborne (ed.). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions at Ann Arbor 1980. [Michigan Germanic Studies 7:1] Univ. of Michigan 1981:129-37. (7 p.)
Page, R.I.: “The Manx rune-stones.” (1983) In Page, R.I and Parsons, D.(eds.): Runes and Runic Inscriptions. Collected essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking runes. The Boydell Press 1995:225-244. (19 p.)
Page, R.I.: “Celtic and Norse on the Manx rune-stones”. In Tristram, Hildegard L.C. (ed.): Medialit?t und mittelalterliche insulare Literatur. Gunter Narr Verlag, Tübingen 1992: 131-47 (16 p.)
Thomson, R. L. “The continuity of Manx.” In Fell, Christine & al.: The Viking Age inthe Isle of Man. Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London 1983:167-174 (5 p.) Trench-Jellicoe, Ross: ”Manx Sculptured Monuments and the Early Viking Age.” In Davey, Peter and Finlayson, David (eds): Mannin Revisited. Twelve essays on Manx culture and environment. Scottish Society for Northern Studies 2002:11-31 (20 p.)
Wilson, David M.: “The art of the Manx crosses of the Viking Age.” In Fell, Christine & al.: The Viking Age in the Isle of Man. Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London 1983:175-185 (10 p.)
+ 200 pages optional reading.