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This scholarly examination traces how medieval European texts, particularly Anglo-Saxon sources, engaged with legends of the pagan North as both a feared Other and an imagined ancestral homeland. The Barbarian North in Medieval Imagination explores the complex and often contradictory ways Christian Europe regarded Scandinavia and peripheral northern regions, analysing how these perceptions shaped cultural identity and national legend-making across the continent. By mapping the sustained literary and intellectual interest in the pagan North across medieval writings, this book reveals how a distant, predominantly non-Christian region became a powerful symbol in European imagination, simultaneously representing danger and ancestral vitality. The work contributes to Routledge's Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture series, offering researchers and scholars a comprehensive analysis of how peripheral identities influenced medieval European thought and literary tradition.

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Examines medieval European texts and Anglo-Saxon traditions to trace evolving perceptions of the pagan North as both threatening Other and ancestral source.

Analyses how Christian Europe constructed contradictory interpretations of Scandinavia, balancing religious opposition with cultural veneration of northern ancestry.

Maps the influence of northern legends on national identity formation throughout medieval Europe, revealing how peripheral regions shaped central cultural narratives.

Part of Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture series, providing rigorous scholarly analysis for medieval history and literature researchers.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138820865
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Medieval
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 05 December 2014
Listed Since: 23 May 2014

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