Berserkir: a re-examination of the phenomenon in literature and life

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Berserkir: a re-examination of the phenomenon in literature and life

This thesis discusses whether berserkir really went berserk. It proposes revised paradigms for berserkir as they existed in the Viking Age and as depicted in Old Norse literature. It clarifies the Viking Age berserkr as an elite warrior whose practices have a function in warfare and ritual life rath...

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Main Author:	Dale, Roderick Thomas Duncan
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Vikings beserkir Viking Age warfare
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28819/

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