Colonial Entanglements and the Medieval Nordic World - (Religious Minorities in the North) by Cordelia Heß & Solveig Marie Wang & Erik Wolf

About the Book

This volume takes advantage of recent developments within Medieval Studies and explore the entangled pasts and presents of the Nordic medieval period and colonialism. Through a diverse range of interdisciplinary approaches from archaeology, literatu

Book Synopsis

The book investigates the multifaceted entanglements between the many pasts and presents of the Nordic medieval period and colonialism. The edited volume contributes to the untangling of questions concerning how present, recent, and past structures of colonialism affect historiography on the medieval Nordic past. Consisting of thematically diverse chapters, the book brings together a range of approaches related to medieval colonialism in a Nordic context, touching both on medieval and medievalist factors. The editors and contributors understand their project as part of the growing conversation about colonialism and its reverberations in academia, and as a contribution to decolonization efforts. The volume will offer an interdisciplinary approach to oft-neglected aspects of the medieval world through an incorporation of more inclusive methodologies and re-readings of both medieval texts and previous scholarship.

About the Author

Prof. Dr Cordelia Heß, Nordische Geschichte, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany; Dr Solveig Marie Wang, Nordische Geschichte, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany; Erik Wolf, Nordische Geschichte, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany.