TY - CHAP
T1 - Shifting patterns of mobility in the Insular Scandinavian diaspora between the ninth and eleventh centuries
AU - O Riagain, Russell Martin
PY - 2025/4/10
Y1 - 2025/4/10
N2 - In Insular history, the period from around 800 to 1300 was characterised by a series of increased interactions with Scandinavia, extending from the first recorded viking raids in the late ninth century down to the diplomatic relations between the kings of Norway, England and Scotland in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This paper combines prosopographical and material approaches to explore the shifting patterns of mobility of members of the Scandinavian diaspora principally associated with Ireland and Britain across several centuries of this socially and materially entangled era.The principal portion of the paper is concerned with the mobility of three individuals: Óláfr of Hlaðir (ob.AD873×878), Óláfr Cúarán Sigtryggsson (ob.AD980×981), and Echmarcach Rǫgnvaldsson (ob.AD1064). A full, high-resolution discussion of the evidence for each individual is not possible within the confines of this article, but will be found in a series of pieces related to each figure currently either under review or in preparation.
AB - In Insular history, the period from around 800 to 1300 was characterised by a series of increased interactions with Scandinavia, extending from the first recorded viking raids in the late ninth century down to the diplomatic relations between the kings of Norway, England and Scotland in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This paper combines prosopographical and material approaches to explore the shifting patterns of mobility of members of the Scandinavian diaspora principally associated with Ireland and Britain across several centuries of this socially and materially entangled era.The principal portion of the paper is concerned with the mobility of three individuals: Óláfr of Hlaðir (ob.AD873×878), Óláfr Cúarán Sigtryggsson (ob.AD980×981), and Echmarcach Rǫgnvaldsson (ob.AD1064). A full, high-resolution discussion of the evidence for each individual is not possible within the confines of this article, but will be found in a series of pieces related to each figure currently either under review or in preparation.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
T3 - Europa im Mittelalter
SP - 127
EP - 157
BT - Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and Beyond – Mobilität im Frühmittelalter und darüber hinaus
PB - de Gruyter
CY - Berlin
ER -