Ohthere's Voyages

At some time in the late 9th century, a Norwegian seafarer by the name of Ohthere [Oht-her-e] told the West Saxon king Alfred of his voyages along the coasts of Norway and Denmark. Ohthere's report made such an impression at the court of King Alfred that it was recorded and subsequently inserted into the Old English version of the late Roman world history by Orosius, accompanied by Wulfstan's account of a voyage across the Baltic Sea. Ohthere's account is the earliest known description of the North by a Scandinavian and gives a fascinating and highly trustworthy glimpse of the early Viking Age. Since the 16th century, Ohthere's voyages have been debated by an ever growing number of scholars, such as linguists, historians and archaeologists. In this book, a panel of experts presents the original source in its geographical, cultural, nautical and economic context.

ISBN 8785180475   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9788785180476 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 975 Publisher Viking Ship Museum   Published in Roskilde Imprint Viking Ship Museum   Series ISSN 01 Format Hardback   Series title Maritime Culture of the North Publication date 21 Mar 2007   Height (mm) 272 Library of Congress PR1555   Width (mm) 213 DEWEY 914.8042   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly Pages 216

		Foreword by Jan Bill and Tinna Damgard-Sorensen		7
I		The Source
		Ohthere and Wulfstan in the Old English Orosius by Janet Bately and E. G. Stanley		18
		Text and translation by Bately, Janet		40
		Translation notes by Janet Bately and E. G. Stanley		51
II		Geography
		Early medieval accounts of the North before the Old English Orosius by Ian Wood		60
		Geography, toponymy and political organisation in early Scandinavia by Stefan Brink		66
III		At Home
		Ohthere and his world - a contemporary perspective by Inger Storli and Else Roesdahl		76
		Borg in Lofoten. A chieftain's farm in north Norway by Gerd Stamso Munch		100
		Who were the Finnas? by Irmeli Valtonen		106
		Who were the Cwenas? by Irmeli Valtonen		108
IV		At Sea
		Ohthere's vessel by Arne Emil Christensen		112
		Ohthere's voyages seen from a nautical angle by Anton Englert		117
		The fifth day. Ohthere's route through the Schlei fjord by Andres Siegfried Dobat		130
V		Destinations
		Ohthere's destinations: Norway, Denmark and England by Peter Sawyer		136
		The land of the Beormas by Nikolaj A. Makarov		140
		The Sciringes healh of Ohthere's time by Dagfinn Skre		150
		Hedeby in Ohthere's time by Michael Muller-Wille and Sven Kalmring		157
VI		Trade and Exchange
		Communication and exchange in northwest Europe by Stephane Lebecq		170
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