Roman Scandinavia
Primary Sources
An online source on ancient Scandinavia for ancient & medieval historians
Editor: Eric Anctil (2000-?)
URL: http://www.anctil.org/users/eric/history/source/
The
purpose of this online source book is to study the land of Scandinavia and its
indigenous peoples from a classical and medieval perspective using a selection
of Greek and Latin primary sources in English translation. The source materials
take a broad thematic approach to its subject matter, however its chronology
corresponds roughly from around 800 BCE to about 800 CE. Some of the inherent
themes covered in the works comprise the following: women & gender, economics
(trade), society & culture, religion & morality, politics & law. The ultimate
goal of this online source book is for scholars and students using the Internet
to reach a new understanding of Scandinavian geography and culture from the
Mediterranean (Continental European) outlook.
The parameters of this source book do not
include a study of the barbarian invasions (military history), but rather what
the Romans knew about their customs and their Scandinavian homelands. Sweden
(Skåne, Bornholm, Öland, Gotland) and Denmark (Jutland, Zealand)
will figure more prominently than Norway (Rogaland, Vestfold), Finland, or Iceland
due to their closer proximity to Roman Germania.
Theodor Mommsen
Andrew N. Sherwood
Bertil Häggman (NPMP)
Teubner
Loeb Classical Library (LCL)
Roman Civilization: Selected Readings (vols. 1-2) by Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold (1990)
De etnografiske kilder til Nordens tidlige historie by Allan A. Lund (1993)
Wassail,
Eric Anctil
eric@anctil.org
http://www.anctil.org/
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