Danish ferocity and abandoned monasteries: the twelfth-century view
Barrow, J
(2015)
Danish ferocity and abandoned monasteries: the twelfth-century view.
In: Brett, M and Woodman, DA, (eds.)
The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past.
Ashgate
, 77 - 93.
ISBN 9781472428172
Abstract
Apart from brief accounts of attacks on Lindisfarne and Donemutha in the 790s, there are almost no accounts of Viking attacks on Anglo-Saxon monasteries in contemporary sources. There are however many in twelfth century sources, most of them fictive or largely so. This article tries to explain why twelfth-century authors found it so important to invent stories of Viking brutality towards monks and nuns and what ideas and material they used to create their stories.
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Authors/Creators:
Barrow, J
Editors:
Brett, M
Woodman, DA
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(c) 2015, Ashgate Publishing. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
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