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Denis Sukhino-Khomenko
University of Gothenburg, Department of Historical Studies, Graduate Student
- University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Humanities, Department MemberEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Philosophische Fakultät, Department Member, and 2 moreadd
- Medieval Icelandic Literature, Latin Paleography, Ancient Novel, Northern Renaissance, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture, and 154 moreHistory, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Anglo-Saxons, Germanic linguistics, Old Germanic Languages, Germanic Philology, Germanic Mythology, Germanic tribes, Old Nordic/Germanic Religions, Wulfstan of York, Alfred the Great and the Alfredian Circle, Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Æthelread the Unready, Harold Godwineson, Harold Godwinson, Diplomatics (Medieval), Medieval Diplomatics, Palaeography and Diplomatics, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Scandinavian Studies, Viking Age Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Viking Age, Viking Age Weapons, Medieval Europe, Anglo-Norman history, women and family, monasticism, Anglo-Saxon history, Vikings, Social History, Social Class, Anglo-Saxon, Social Classes, Anglo-Saxon law, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and law, Thane, Anglo-Norman history, Anglo-Saxon England, Thegn, þegn, Gesith, Gesið, Wergild, Dunsæteland, Ge Eorle Ge Ceorle, Mircna laga, Norðleoda lagu, Félag, Geþyncðo, Rectitudines Singularum Personarum, Weregeld, Weregild, Diplomatics, Historical Geography, Diplomatic History, Charters and Paleography, Anglo-Saxon charters, Monastic charters and cartularies, Early Medieval History, Early Medieval Period, Burhs, Danelaw, Medieval History, Carolingian Studies, Feudalism and Lordship, Ottonian Art, Manorialism, Feudalism, Christianisation of Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages, Carolingian and Ottonian ideology, The Norman Conquest, Renovatio Imperii, Political Anthropology, Latin Literature, Corpus Linguistics, Runestones, Cnut the Great, Archbishop Wulfstan, Historiography, Baronage, Domesday Book, Rune stones, Västergötland, Liber Eliensis, Leis Willelme, King Cnut, Constitutiones de foresta, drengr, Urban Studies, Anglo-Saxon archaeology, Viking Age Archaeology, London, Vikings, Jorvik ca 950-1050, Edmund Ironside, Exiles, Cnut, Eadric Streona, Edward the Exile, Olaf skötkonung, Gyða, Historigraphy, Politogenesis, Aelfric of Eynsham, Ælfric's Colloquy, Scandinavian history, Wantage, Ethelred II, Runes, Emporiae, State Formation, Medieval Scandinavia, Legal History, Medieval Nobility, 12th century England, Medieval Aristocracy, Leges Henrici Primi, Consiliatio Cnuti, Instituta Cnuti, Quadripartitus, Medieval Studies, Monarchy, Nobility, King Alfred, Old English, Scaldic Poetry, Rígsþula, Early Medieval Monasticism, Charters, king Æthelstan, Medieval charters, Seals, Digital Humanities, Statistics, Archives, Medieval wills, Regression Analysis, Medieval Church Archives, Multiple Linear Regression, Wessex, Pearson Correlation, Wills and Succession, Bocland, Translation, Latin, Terminology, Identity, Ethnogenesis, Historical Studies, Uses of the past, Race and Racism, Bible, Medieval Coinage, Viking Age and Medieval coinage and monetary history, Wergeld, Law, and Medieval Legal Historyedit
- Hello, My name is Denis Sukhino-Khomenko, I'm a Ph.D. student of History at the University of Gothenburg (Department ... moreHello,
My name is Denis Sukhino-Khomenko, I'm a Ph.D. student of History at the University of Gothenburg (Department of Historical Studies) under the supervision of prof. Henrik Janson and prof. Lars Hermanson.
I originally graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2013, having spent a semester abroad at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (2012/13), and began my doctoral studies at the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
From 2015 to 2017, I worked as a guest researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Nordic Research under the supervision of Prof. Michael Lerche Nielsen.
My main interest lies within the field of Anglo-Saxon and Viking studies. You can always contact me at denis.sukhino-khomenko@gu.se, denis.sukhinokhomenko@gmail.com, or +79150767241 (Moscow number) and +46765874383 (Gothenburg number)edit - Henrik Janson, Lars Hermanson, Elena Melnikova, Michael Lerche Nielsen, Zoya Metlitskaya, Igor Filippov, Steffan Patzoldedit
This text examines a recent historiographical debate on the Norwegian politiogenesis that unfolded between Sverre Bagge and Hans Jacob Orning in the journal "Historisk Historisk tidsskrift (Norge)". The review of the polemics is... more
This text examines a recent historiographical debate on the Norwegian politiogenesis that unfolded between Sverre Bagge and Hans Jacob Orning in the journal "Historisk Historisk tidsskrift (Norge)". The review of the polemics is complimented by an analysis of the two positions and collation thereof against a wider historiographical background.
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...мы хотели бы представить на ваш суд анонс готовящегося нами нового издания перевода одного любопытного английского памятника рубежа тысячелетий, который известен как «Коллоквиум» Эльфрика. Наша работа нацелена на помещение... more
...мы хотели бы представить на ваш суд анонс готовящегося нами нового издания перевода одного любопытного английского памятника рубежа тысячелетий, который известен как «Коллоквиум» Эльфрика. Наша работа нацелена на помещение «Коллоквиума» именно в английский контекст и контекст сочинений Эльфрика, а также подготовку критического перевода. За основу мы решили взять рукопись С как наиболее близкую к протографу, но надеемся, что сможем включить также и разночтения с рукописью R. Ещё одним важным параметром мы считаем сверку с древнеанглийскими глоссами. Таким образом, мы надеемся, что сможем опубликовать не билингву, а трилингву: латинский текст с указанием разночтений, оригинальный английский текст глосс, не переработанных Генри Суитом, и наш русский перевод с латыни с указаниями на отличия в глоссах.
The paper is the announce of a future translation of Ælfric's "Colloquy." The centrepiece of our enterprise, unlike our Russian predecessors, is assessing "Colloquy" as a source for its own sake. We are going to try preparing a new full translation of the Latin text, OE glosses, and a Russian translation in accordance with both.
The paper is the announce of a future translation of Ælfric's "Colloquy." The centrepiece of our enterprise, unlike our Russian predecessors, is assessing "Colloquy" as a source for its own sake. We are going to try preparing a new full translation of the Latin text, OE glosses, and a Russian translation in accordance with both.
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Доклад на 24-й международной научной конференцим студентов, аспирантов и молодых учёных «Ломоносов-2017». В докладе рассматриваются историографический поиск и выделение высшего слоя нетитулованной англо-саксонской светской элиты накануне... more
Доклад на 24-й международной научной конференцим студентов, аспирантов и молодых учёных «Ломоносов-2017».
В докладе рассматриваются историографический поиск и выделение высшего слоя нетитулованной англо-саксонской светской элиты накануне Нормандского Завоевания (1066 г.) по материалам XII века. Последовательно разбираются и критикуются попытки в рамках конституционной истории (Р. Рид и Д. Рофф) и аграрной истории (У. Стаббс и П. Кларк). Докладчик приходит к выводу, что данные гипотезы не подтверждаются известными источниками (Книга Страшного Суда и нормандские переводы англо-саксонского права XII в.) при непредвзятом анализе и требуют насильного прочтения известных текстов. В заключении делается предположение, что подобные построения – это отражение современных представлений об устройстве общества (в том числе и английского), где относительно чётко выделяются имущественные классы.
A presentation at the 24th international academic student and young researcher's conference "Lomonosov-2017".
The presentation analyses the historiographical search for an upper layer of the titleless Anglo-Saxon lay elite on the eve of the Norman Conquest (1066). The presentation's consecutive study reveals the flaws in the constitutional (by R. Reid and D. Roffe) and agrarian (W. Stubbs and P. Clarke) approaches to the problem. The author finds that such hypotheses do not find support from the extant sources (the Domesday Book and Norman translation of the Anglo-Saxon law) when reading without any preconceived notions. The conclusion supposes that this kind of search might be a reflection of the modern-day view of the society (including the English one) as composed of more or less clearly defined classes.
В докладе рассматриваются историографический поиск и выделение высшего слоя нетитулованной англо-саксонской светской элиты накануне Нормандского Завоевания (1066 г.) по материалам XII века. Последовательно разбираются и критикуются попытки в рамках конституционной истории (Р. Рид и Д. Рофф) и аграрной истории (У. Стаббс и П. Кларк). Докладчик приходит к выводу, что данные гипотезы не подтверждаются известными источниками (Книга Страшного Суда и нормандские переводы англо-саксонского права XII в.) при непредвзятом анализе и требуют насильного прочтения известных текстов. В заключении делается предположение, что подобные построения – это отражение современных представлений об устройстве общества (в том числе и английского), где относительно чётко выделяются имущественные классы.
A presentation at the 24th international academic student and young researcher's conference "Lomonosov-2017".
The presentation analyses the historiographical search for an upper layer of the titleless Anglo-Saxon lay elite on the eve of the Norman Conquest (1066). The presentation's consecutive study reveals the flaws in the constitutional (by R. Reid and D. Roffe) and agrarian (W. Stubbs and P. Clarke) approaches to the problem. The author finds that such hypotheses do not find support from the extant sources (the Domesday Book and Norman translation of the Anglo-Saxon law) when reading without any preconceived notions. The conclusion supposes that this kind of search might be a reflection of the modern-day view of the society (including the English one) as composed of more or less clearly defined classes.
Research Interests: History, Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Historiography, Agrarian Studies, and 26 moreLegal History, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), English History, Land tenure, Medieval England, Social History, Medieval Nobility, Baronage, 12th century England, Medieval Aristocracy, Constitutional History, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Anglo-Norman history, Domesday Book, Anglo-Saxons, Thane, Source Study, Thegn, þegn, Bocland, Liber Eliensis, Quadripartitus, Leges Henrici Primi, Instituta Cnuti, Consiliatio Cnuti, and Leis Willelme
In the diploma thesis, defended in 2013, my main academic interest was fo-cused on the elucidation of the evolution of the thegnly class (OE þegnas) in 10 th-century England in time and its composition.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Nobility, and 14 moreMedieval Nobility, Monarchy, Anglo-Saxon archaeology, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Old English, Vikings, King Alfred, Edward the Elder, Cnut the Great, Thegn, þegn, Bocland, Archbishop Wulfstan, and king Æthelstan
В докладе анализируется строфа "karlfolk ok sva jarla" из "Откровенных вис" скальда Сигвата Тордарсона (ок. 995-1045) в свете параллелей с англо-саксонской формулой "ge ceorle ge eorle". Представляется, что тема взаимовлияний англо-саксов... more
В докладе анализируется строфа "karlfolk ok sva jarla" из "Откровенных вис" скальда Сигвата Тордарсона (ок. 995-1045) в свете параллелей с англо-саксонской формулой "ge ceorle ge eorle". Представляется, что тема взаимовлияний англо-саксов и скандинавов в области социальных воззрений требует дополнительных исследований.
This paper analyses skald Sighvat Thordarson's stanza "karlfolk ok sva jarla" from his "Bersoeglisvisur" in connection with the Anglo-Saxon formula "ge ceorle ge eorle". It appears that there's a need for further research on the mutual influences of the Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians in the sphere of the social views.
This paper analyses skald Sighvat Thordarson's stanza "karlfolk ok sva jarla" from his "Bersoeglisvisur" in connection with the Anglo-Saxon formula "ge ceorle ge eorle". It appears that there's a need for further research on the mutual influences of the Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians in the sphere of the social views.
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), and 16 moreEarly Medieval History, Viking Studies, Skaldic verse, Skaldic Poetry, Mythology (Old Norse Literature), Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Viking Age Scandinavia, Vikings, Viking Age, Anglo-Saxons, Scaldic Poetry, Early Medieval Period, Nordic Mythology, Rígsþula, and Ge Eorle Ge Ceorle
В докладе ставится принципиальный вопрос о возможности использования корпуса англо-саксонских грамот в статистической перспективе. In this paper, a principal question is raised of whether it is possible to use the extant Anglo-Saxon... more
В докладе ставится принципиальный вопрос о возможности использования корпуса англо-саксонских грамот в статистической перспективе.
In this paper, a principal question is raised of whether it is possible to use the extant Anglo-Saxon diplomatic corpus as a statistical source.
In this paper, a principal question is raised of whether it is possible to use the extant Anglo-Saxon diplomatic corpus as a statistical source.
Research Interests: Diplomatic History, Historical Geography, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Early Medieval History, and 13 moreDiplomatics (Medieval), Diplomatics, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Charters and Paleography, Anglo-Saxon charters, Early Medieval Monasticism, Anglo-Saxons, Anglo Saxon, Celtic, and Norse, Monastic charters and cartularies, Anglo-Saxon England, Early Medieval Period, and Medieval Diplomatics
Сжатый реферат на статью С. Кейнса (S. Keyns) и Р. Лав (R. Love) «Корабль эрла Годвина» (Anglo-Saxon England / Volume 38 / December 2009, pp 185-223). This is a review of the article ‘Earl's Godwine ship’ by S. Keynes and R. Love... more
Сжатый реферат на статью С. Кейнса (S. Keyns) и Р. Лав (R. Love) «Корабль эрла Годвина» (Anglo-Saxon England / Volume 38 / December 2009, pp 185-223).
This is a review of the article ‘Earl's Godwine ship’ by S. Keynes and R. Love (Anglo-Saxon England. Vol. 38, December 2009, pp 185-223).
This is a review of the article ‘Earl's Godwine ship’ by S. Keynes and R. Love (Anglo-Saxon England. Vol. 38, December 2009, pp 185-223).
Research Interests: Anglo-Saxon Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Anglo-Norman literature and culture, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Anglo-Saxons, and 4 moreAlchemical literature, especially alchemical theater, and translation and explication of the works of Dr. John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley. Magical realism and surrealism in contemporary American literature, King Edward the Confessor, Earl Godwine, and Simon Keynes
В докладе анализируется география первого путешествия норвежца Оттара/Охтхере (Ohthere), рассказ о котором был записан при дворе Альфреда Великого в конце IX в., и делается вывод, что Охтхере скорее всего побывал в Архангельском краю, а... more
В докладе анализируется география первого путешествия норвежца Оттара/Охтхере (Ohthere), рассказ о котором был записан при дворе Альфреда Великого в конце IX в., и делается вывод, что Охтхере скорее всего побывал в Архангельском краю, а не на Кольском полуострове.
This paper analyses a Norseman Ottar/Ohthere's first journey's geography. The conclusion has it that Ohthere most likely visited the Arkhangelsk region, not the Kola Peninsula.
This paper analyses a Norseman Ottar/Ohthere's first journey's geography. The conclusion has it that Ohthere most likely visited the Arkhangelsk region, not the Kola Peninsula.
Research Interests: Anglo-Saxon Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Early Medieval History, Viking Studies, Alfred the Great and the Alfredian Circle, and 9 moreAnglo-Saxon literature and culture, Viking Age Scandinavia, Norway, Anglo-Saxons, Orosius, Early Medieval Period, Arkhangelsk Region, Viking Age Norway, and Bjarmaland
The paper is an introduction in the diplomatic of royal charters in pre-1066 England. The paper comprises a terminological introduction, an overview of the history of the publication, study, and the main scholarly discussions concerning... more
The paper is an introduction in the diplomatic of royal charters in pre-1066 England. The paper comprises a terminological introduction, an overview of the history of the publication, study, and the main scholarly discussions concerning Anglo-Saxon charters from the 16th and up to the early 21st century (including the present situation with electronic databases of Anglo-Saxon charters, and the Soviet and Russian tradition of study and translating of those documents), overviews of the form, content, history, and the main issues of study of the two categories of Anglo-Saxon royal acta: diplomas and writs (including such issues as the origin of both diplomas and writs, the nature of bookland, boundary clauses, witnesses lists, the use of languages, the potential of the charters as a source for the history of economy and ideology, and a number of others), and, finally, an attempt to sum up the data on the practical functioning of royal charters (from their composing to their practical uses).
Research Interests: Christianity, Diplomatic History, Digital Humanities, Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, and 13 moreMedieval Studies, Historiography, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Diplomatics (Medieval), Charters and Paleography, Anglo-Saxon charters, Seals, King Alfred, Early Christinianity, Charters, þegn, king Æthelstan, and Medieval charters
This article addresses the problem of the representativeness of the surviving corpus of English pre-Norman royal diplomas. For historical reasons, the analysis focuses on diplomas generated between the reigns of Alfred the Great and... more
This article addresses the problem of the representativeness of the surviving corpus of English pre-Norman royal diplomas. For historical reasons, the analysis focuses on diplomas generated between the reigns of Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor (871– 1066). More specifically, the numerical, geographical, and chronological aspects are dis- cussed. This research spotlights a peculiarly pronounced correlation between the ethno-political division of Lowland Britain into the “Danelaw” and “Greater Wessex”, as well as between the sum total of charters for a given region and the number of archives in it. The article then asks whether the archival and chronological distribution of the extant royal acta can be considered objective. The data available leave room for potential mass losses in the documentary material to the degree of significant distortions in the extant sample. However, when put together, indirect evidence tips the balance in favour of the corpus’ at least relative chronological and geographical representativeness, even if the said losses distorted it to a lesser or greater degree.
Research Interests: Statistics, Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, Archives, and 13 moreDiplomatics (Medieval), Charters and Paleography, Medieval wills, Viking Age, Anglo-Saxon charters, Regression Analysis, Medieval Church Archives, Multiple Linear Regression, Wessex, Pearson Correlation, Danelaw, Wills and Succession, and Bocland
The present publication is a collection of selected texts (five Latin and one Old English) and Russian translations (made for the first time) of six Anglo-Saxon acta of the 7th–11th centuries: four royal diplomas (S 8, 44, 92, 447), one... more
The present publication is a collection of selected texts (five Latin and one Old English) and Russian translations (made for the first time) of six Anglo-Saxon acta of the 7th–11th centuries: four royal diplomas (S 8, 44, 92, 447), one decree of an ecclesiastical synod (S 1434), and one royal writ (S 1088). The text and the translation of each document is preceded by a short legend, informantion about the archive in which the document has been preserved, its manuscripts and publications, a brief overview of the document’s historical significance as well as a commentary concerning language, terminology, realities, and personalia. The facsimiles of the documents extant in single-sheet parchment originals are included (published by kind permission of the Council of the British Library). The publication aims to illustrate the diversity of English pre-Norman acta and can be regarded as a supplement to the overview of history and historiogpraphy of Anglo-Saxon royal acta (by D. V. Sukhino-Khomenko and T. V. Guimon) published in the present issue.
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Under de senaste årtionden, har termen, och etnonymen "Anglo-Saxon" återexaminerats i historieforskning. Sedan 2019 har diskussionen tagit fart då den dåvarande International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS) röstade för att ändra sitt... more
Under de senaste årtionden, har termen, och etnonymen "Anglo-Saxon" återexaminerats i historieforskning. Sedan 2019 har diskussionen tagit fart då den dåvarande International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS) röstade för att ändra sitt namn. Detta steg, tillsammans med en del reaktioner, ledde till en gruppering i "pro-" och "anti-" Anglo-Saxonists. Syftet med den här debattartikeln är att sammanfatta denna dispyt och hur situationen ser ut två år senare, samt att ställa metodologiska och övriga mer allmänna frågor i detta sammanhang.
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NB: noticed typos/mistakes: - Page 9: "of Malmsbury", read: "of Malmesbury". Page 10: "The early Épinal-Erfurt Glossary use", read: "The early Épinal-Erfurt Glossary uses". - Page 15: "See also the references in footnote 54", read:... more
NB: noticed typos/mistakes:
- Page 9: "of Malmsbury", read: "of Malmesbury".
Page 10: "The early Épinal-Erfurt Glossary use", read: "The early Épinal-Erfurt Glossary uses".
- Page 15: "See also the references in footnote 54", read: "See also the references in footnote 55".
- Page 18: "See also references in footnote 79", read: "See also references in footnote 80".
- Page 28, footnote 28: "see footnote 70", read: "see footnote 71".
- Page 28, footnote 28: "Scandinavian mitigation", read: "Scandinavian mediation".
This article spotlights the thrymsa (OE þryms/trimsa/tryms) as a supposed monetary unit in pre-Norman England and the importance this individual case study may hold for research in early medieval English social history. In the main, Anglo-Saxon monetary system was meticulously reconstructed by Henry Chadwick (1905), but in it the thrymsa appears an anomaly, as it gets only a few mentions in independent sources over the whole documented Old English period. Due to various correspondences in the texts (as, dragma, ¼ stater, (⅓?) solidus, three pence) establishing the thrymsa’s exact value stops at the etymological stage (< Lat. trēmis(sis)). On the face of its marginality, numismatists are for most part little interested in the thrymsa. Nevertheless, its presence in the so-called Norðleoda laga («The Laws of the Northern People», element in York archbishop Wufstan’s (d. 1023) «Compilation on status» believed to contain older material) as the expression of the sums of wergilds has given rise to interpretations of these wergilds with far reaching implications. The article offers an original explanation of the reasons for the thrymsa’s presence and function in the Norðleoda laga. Departing from modern textual analysis of Wulfstan’s works, the author arrives at two consecutive conclusions: first, as an early loan from Latin thrymsa never assumed a stable value in the English monetary system likely due to the quick disappearance of coins of this name from circulation; second, Wulfstan deliberately used this term for stylistic reasons and archaization of the text as part of his ideology of an «orderly society». Some immediate consequences of this interpretation can be, first, a reappreciation of the Norðleoda laga’s source potential, and, second, retiring this text as a primary source at face value for studies in social history. This particular case study may further illustrate the ever-present necessity for a textual and source criticism in monetary history when the latter is taken as a steppingstone for broader historical conclusions and interpretations.
- Page 9: "of Malmsbury", read: "of Malmesbury".
Page 10: "The early Épinal-Erfurt Glossary use", read: "The early Épinal-Erfurt Glossary uses".
- Page 15: "See also the references in footnote 54", read: "See also the references in footnote 55".
- Page 18: "See also references in footnote 79", read: "See also references in footnote 80".
- Page 28, footnote 28: "see footnote 70", read: "see footnote 71".
- Page 28, footnote 28: "Scandinavian mitigation", read: "Scandinavian mediation".
This article spotlights the thrymsa (OE þryms/trimsa/tryms) as a supposed monetary unit in pre-Norman England and the importance this individual case study may hold for research in early medieval English social history. In the main, Anglo-Saxon monetary system was meticulously reconstructed by Henry Chadwick (1905), but in it the thrymsa appears an anomaly, as it gets only a few mentions in independent sources over the whole documented Old English period. Due to various correspondences in the texts (as, dragma, ¼ stater, (⅓?) solidus, three pence) establishing the thrymsa’s exact value stops at the etymological stage (< Lat. trēmis(sis)). On the face of its marginality, numismatists are for most part little interested in the thrymsa. Nevertheless, its presence in the so-called Norðleoda laga («The Laws of the Northern People», element in York archbishop Wufstan’s (d. 1023) «Compilation on status» believed to contain older material) as the expression of the sums of wergilds has given rise to interpretations of these wergilds with far reaching implications. The article offers an original explanation of the reasons for the thrymsa’s presence and function in the Norðleoda laga. Departing from modern textual analysis of Wulfstan’s works, the author arrives at two consecutive conclusions: first, as an early loan from Latin thrymsa never assumed a stable value in the English monetary system likely due to the quick disappearance of coins of this name from circulation; second, Wulfstan deliberately used this term for stylistic reasons and archaization of the text as part of his ideology of an «orderly society». Some immediate consequences of this interpretation can be, first, a reappreciation of the Norðleoda laga’s source potential, and, second, retiring this text as a primary source at face value for studies in social history. This particular case study may further illustrate the ever-present necessity for a textual and source criticism in monetary history when the latter is taken as a steppingstone for broader historical conclusions and interpretations.
Research Interests: Law, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Wulfstan of York, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Terminology, and 13 moreBible, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Medieval Coinage, Viking Age and Medieval coinage and monetary history, Thane, þegn, Wergild, Wergeld, Mircna laga, Norðleoda lagu, Geþyncðo, and Archbishop Wulfstan
Статья исследует публичную дискуссию по вопросу о допустимости академического использования термина «Anglo-Saxon». После выхода М. Рамбаран-Ольм из Международного Общества англо-саксонистов в сентябре 2019 г. медиевистическое сообщество... more
Статья исследует публичную дискуссию по вопросу о допустимости академического использования термина «Anglo-Saxon». После выхода М. Рамбаран-Ольм из Международного Общества англо-саксонистов в сентябре 2019 г. медиевистическое сообщество раскололось. Критики термина «Anglo-Saxon» апеллируют к его расовым коннотациям и злоупотреблениям, защитники – к его историчности и устоявшейся традиции. Размежевание во многом связано с географией и локальным общественным дискурсом. Примирение сторон вряд ли достижимо в ближайшем будущем.
(размещено с письменного согласия редакции издания).
The article aims at summarizing the recent debate concerning the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ in the academic discourse. Following the resignation of Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm from the (former) International Society of Anglo-Saxonists in September 2019, the English-speaking medieval scholarly community split into critics of the continuous use of ‘Anglo-Saxon’ and its defenders. The former appeal to the term’s racist connotations and misuse, the latter point out the historical adequacy and long-standing tradition. The divide has a lot to do with geography and regional public discourses. No reconciliation seems likely in the nearest future.
(размещено с письменного согласия редакции издания).
The article aims at summarizing the recent debate concerning the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ in the academic discourse. Following the resignation of Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm from the (former) International Society of Anglo-Saxonists in September 2019, the English-speaking medieval scholarly community split into critics of the continuous use of ‘Anglo-Saxon’ and its defenders. The former appeal to the term’s racist connotations and misuse, the latter point out the historical adequacy and long-standing tradition. The divide has a lot to do with geography and regional public discourses. No reconciliation seems likely in the nearest future.
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The interpretation of the lexeme þegn has led to a long-standing controversy in the study of the late-Viking Age rune stones. It is recorded in 46 commemorative inscriptions in Denmark and Western Sweden, 34 of which adhere to a... more
The interpretation of the lexeme þegn has led to a long-standing controversy in the study of the late-Viking Age rune stones. It is recorded in 46 commemorative inscriptions in Denmark and Western Sweden, 34 of which adhere to a pronounced pattern. The debate goes back to seminal articles by Svend Aakjaer (1927) and Karl Martin Nielsen (1945). The former author argued that the lexeme should be read as "king's retainer, vassal"; the latter dispelled this notion as ungrounded and stuck with the later recorded meaning, "free man in general", not infrequently attested in, for example, the skaldic verse. Since rune stones are our only contemporary native literary source on social structures in the Viking Age, resolving the question of the lexical meaning of the runic thegns is highly desirable. Regretfully, in the absence of newer source material, the debate has until now been recycling the same considerations first put forth decades ago. While hesitating to pass the final verdict, I argue for acknowledging the lexeme's polysemic nature. A possible way out of the argumentative loop could be found in, first, refraining from the monarchocentric Old English texts and, second, contextual analysis of the þegn's occurrences in other less frequently cited Old English texts pertaining to the Scandinavian part of England. If confirmed, these insights may also be utilised in further source criticism of the Old Norse literary legacy.
L’interprétation du lexème þegn donne lieu à une ancienne polémique dans l’étude des pierres runiques de la fin de l’ère Viking. Il est retrouvé dans 46 inscriptions commémoratives au Danemark et en Suède occidentale, dont 34 qui suivent un modèle précis. Le débat s’est construit autour de deux articles-phare, l’un écrit par Svend Aakjær en 1927 et l’autre par Karl Martin Nielsen en 1945. Le premier auteur avance que le lexème devrait être entendu comme « vassal du roi ». Le deuxième trouve cette interprétation infondée et lui préfère une signification retrouvée ultérieurement, celle de « citoyen libre », qui se retrouve d’ailleurs souvent confirmé, par exemple dans le vers scalde. Puisque les pierres runiques sont notre seule source écrite autochtone et contemporaine sur les structures sociales de l’ère Viking, il serait très souhaitable qu’on puisse résoudre la question de la signification du lexème þegn. Malheureusement, en l’absence de sources plus récentes, le débat n’a cessé de ressasser les mêmes arguments, avancés il y a déjà plusieurs décennies. Bien que réticent à exercer un jugement final, je plaide pour que la nature polysémique du lexème soit acceptée. Une possible voie de sortie des ces débats stériles pourrait se trouver d’abord en accordant moins d’importance aux textes en vieil anglais, peu cités jusqu’alors, consacrés à la partie scandinave de l’Angleterre. S’ils venaient à être confirmés, ces renseignements pourraient aussi être utilisés dans l’études d’autres sources du patrimoine littéraire vieux norrois.
L’interprétation du lexème þegn donne lieu à une ancienne polémique dans l’étude des pierres runiques de la fin de l’ère Viking. Il est retrouvé dans 46 inscriptions commémoratives au Danemark et en Suède occidentale, dont 34 qui suivent un modèle précis. Le débat s’est construit autour de deux articles-phare, l’un écrit par Svend Aakjær en 1927 et l’autre par Karl Martin Nielsen en 1945. Le premier auteur avance que le lexème devrait être entendu comme « vassal du roi ». Le deuxième trouve cette interprétation infondée et lui préfère une signification retrouvée ultérieurement, celle de « citoyen libre », qui se retrouve d’ailleurs souvent confirmé, par exemple dans le vers scalde. Puisque les pierres runiques sont notre seule source écrite autochtone et contemporaine sur les structures sociales de l’ère Viking, il serait très souhaitable qu’on puisse résoudre la question de la signification du lexème þegn. Malheureusement, en l’absence de sources plus récentes, le débat n’a cessé de ressasser les mêmes arguments, avancés il y a déjà plusieurs décennies. Bien que réticent à exercer un jugement final, je plaide pour que la nature polysémique du lexème soit acceptée. Une possible voie de sortie des ces débats stériles pourrait se trouver d’abord en accordant moins d’importance aux textes en vieil anglais, peu cités jusqu’alors, consacrés à la partie scandinave de l’Angleterre. S’ils venaient à être confirmés, ces renseignements pourraient aussi être utilisés dans l’études d’autres sources du patrimoine littéraire vieux norrois.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, Legal History, Runestones, and 15 moreScandinavian history, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Anglo-Saxons, Thane, Danelaw, Medieval Legal History, Västergötland, Rune stones, Ethelred II, Æthelread the Unready, Thegn, þegn, king aethelred, and Wantage
The article addresses the possibilities for a methodological reassessment of the phenomenon of the thegns in England and Scandinavia in the late Viking Age (ca. 900–1066). The historiographical overview reveals that the thegns have never... more
The article addresses the possibilities for a methodological reassessment of the phenomenon of the thegns in England and Scandinavia in the late Viking Age (ca. 900–1066). The historiographical overview reveals that the thegns have never been examined for their own sake, and that the recent developments in source studies open new methodological prospects in anthropological research. The case study of the thegns hopes to outline some of them.
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Over the recent decades, historians and archaeologists alike have greatly enhanced modern understanding of the urban development in early medieval Britain. However, as of now, there seems to be a lack of a meta-analytical synthesis of the... more
Over the recent decades, historians and archaeologists alike have greatly enhanced modern understanding of the urban development in early medieval Britain. However, as of now, there seems to be a lack of a meta-analytical synthesis of the collected information, i.e. scholars have so far not put forward any concise framework to collate this information with, the need for which is especially acute in the light of the multifaceted Anglo-Scandinavian interaction. For instance, the contribution of the Danish settlement to the English urban landscape has on multiple occasions been emphasised, but it remains hard to evaluate in the absence of a comparison with both native Scandinavian urban development and parallel late Anglo-Saxon urbanisation.
The suggested paper aims at presenting one of the possible typologies of the post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian urban centres and communities up until the beginning of the High Middle Ages. The expected framework, built on the firm chronological principle, shall categorise them on the basis of:
1. origins: (post-)Roman settlements, early Anglo-Saxon wīcas/emporia, later Scandinavian fortresses, West Saxon burhs, etc.;
2. functions: royal centres, territorial capitals, commercial hubs, etc.;
3. regionality: Southern England, Western Mercia, and the Danelaw.
Of a special interest is the integration of the pre-existing urban settlements in the Danelaw into the West Saxon administrative system, particularly when compared to the parallel process in English Mercia to the west.
It is anticipated that the resultant analytical scheme can find application beyond the British Isles and can contribute to the multidisciplinary Scandinavian research just as much.
The suggested paper aims at presenting one of the possible typologies of the post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian urban centres and communities up until the beginning of the High Middle Ages. The expected framework, built on the firm chronological principle, shall categorise them on the basis of:
1. origins: (post-)Roman settlements, early Anglo-Saxon wīcas/emporia, later Scandinavian fortresses, West Saxon burhs, etc.;
2. functions: royal centres, territorial capitals, commercial hubs, etc.;
3. regionality: Southern England, Western Mercia, and the Danelaw.
Of a special interest is the integration of the pre-existing urban settlements in the Danelaw into the West Saxon administrative system, particularly when compared to the parallel process in English Mercia to the west.
It is anticipated that the resultant analytical scheme can find application beyond the British Isles and can contribute to the multidisciplinary Scandinavian research just as much.
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This article interrogates certain historiographical trends of constructing self-sufficient models of explanation for essentially unrelated data in the primary sources. For a case study the essay spotlights the protracted examination of... more
This article interrogates certain historiographical trends of constructing self-sufficient models of explanation for essentially unrelated data in the primary sources. For a case study the essay spotlights the protracted examination of the early medieval social group of thegns (OE/ON þegn). Attention is drawn to the influential articles by Svend Aakjær, Rachel R. Reid, and David Roffe. Aakjær’s main thesis was that Viking-Age thegns and drengs (ON drengr) known from the Scandinavian runic inscriptions used to be members of royal retinue(s), just like they were strata of landed nobility in England. Rachel Reid drew an institutional parallel between the Anglo-Saxon king’s thegns and medieval barons, and David Roffe augmented this later view by suggesting a continuity in 11th-century landholding patterns. The author hypothesises that the inherent flaw of such models lies in an unconscious confirmation bias when dealing with the source material. By addressing the primary sources directly, the author seeks to demonstrate that some of these views suffered from a lack of empirical data already at the inception. Though contextualising his polemics in modern historiography, in his criticism the author relies on the ad fontes method rather than the wisdom of hindsight. The article also aims to tackle the circulation of the self-sufficient models of this sort in subsequent historiography, as well as to identify plausible origins of prominence and consequences. The author hopes to relate this individual case study to a broader context of medieval research, thereby offering a feasible model of its application to further topics.
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This is my small contribution for the 2019 April issue of the popular youth journal 'Dig into History', published by Cricket Media and supervised by Rosalie F. Baker. The kind invitation to write this essay came from Matthew Delveaux... more
This is my small contribution for the 2019 April issue of the popular youth journal 'Dig into History', published by Cricket Media and supervised by Rosalie F. Baker. The kind invitation to write this essay came from Matthew Delveaux (Boston College).
This PDF was uploaded courtesy to Rosalie F. Baker
This PDF was uploaded courtesy to Rosalie F. Baker
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In his letter to Æthelheard (archbishop of Canterbury) and Ceolwulf (bishop of Lindsey) about Hringstan, an Anglo-Saxon exile in Francia, written at the close of the 8th century, Charlemagne briefly summarised the motivations for a... more
In his letter to Æthelheard (archbishop of Canterbury) and Ceolwulf (bishop of Lindsey) about Hringstan, an Anglo-Saxon exile in Francia, written at the close of the 8th century, Charlemagne briefly summarised the motivations for a contemporary noble person to flee: “It is better to live in exile than to perish, to serve in a foreign land than to die in one’s own” (Whitelock 1979. P. 849). Two centuries later, driving political and familial rivals into exile appears to have remained a viable method in the contest for power throughout Northern and Eastern Europe. Among others, two English expatriates in particular have attracted interest from historians: Edward the Exile (d. 1057) and Gytha (d. 1098/1107), daughter of Harold son of Godwine, who found themselves temporarily or permanently at the Russian court.
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В данных тезисах доклада на XXVIII Пашутинских чтениях предлагается первичное обобщение полученной статистики англо-саксонских королевских грамот (diplomas) по трём главным критериям: группы получателей, динамки производство и география... more
В данных тезисах доклада на XXVIII Пашутинских чтениях предлагается первичное обобщение полученной статистики англо-саксонских королевских грамот (diplomas) по трём главным критериям: группы получателей, динамки производство и география пожалований.
The material of this paper, presented at the 28th Pashuto conference (Institute of world History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), is the primary results of the processed statistics of the Anglo-Saxon royal diplomas. The three key points for analysis were the groups of the grantees, production dynamics and geographical distribution of the charters.
The material of this paper, presented at the 28th Pashuto conference (Institute of world History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), is the primary results of the processed statistics of the Anglo-Saxon royal diplomas. The three key points for analysis were the groups of the grantees, production dynamics and geographical distribution of the charters.
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В докладе речь идёт о реальном или мнимом упадке производства грамот в XI в. в свете статистических данных, полученных за последнее время при помощи метода статистического анализа. This paper deals with the real or seeming decline in the... more
В докладе речь идёт о реальном или мнимом упадке производства грамот в XI в. в свете статистических данных, полученных за последнее время при помощи метода статистического анализа.
This paper deals with the real or seeming decline in the production of the Anglo-Saxon royal diplomas in the 11th century in the light of recently acquired statistical data.
This paper deals with the real or seeming decline in the production of the Anglo-Saxon royal diplomas in the 11th century in the light of recently acquired statistical data.
Research Interests: Diplomatic History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Diplomatic Studies, Early Medieval History, and 11 moreDiplomatics (Medieval), Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Charters and Paleography, Representativeness, Anglo-Norman history, Anglo-Saxon charters, Early Medieval Monasticism, Anglo-Saxons, Monastic charters and cartularies, Early Medieval Period, and E - Learning, Medieval charters, Diplomatics
This paper, submitted for the Ph.D. and post-doctoral training school "The Dynamic Middle Ages II, examines the position of the so-called ‘thegns’ in late Anglo-Saxon society. It is noteworthy that this field has a long tradition of... more
This paper, submitted for the Ph.D. and post-doctoral training school "The Dynamic Middle Ages II, examines the position of the so-called ‘thegns’ in late Anglo-Saxon society. It is noteworthy that this field has a long tradition of research, but the role of the thegns in political structures of the time has always stood in the centre. The current research's view tilts its angle, namely, it discusses the question of this social phenomenon's emergence and development.
Research Interests: Anglo-Saxon Studies, Wulfstan of York, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Early Medieval History, Social History, and 27 moreSocial Class, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Social Classes, Anglo-Saxon law, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Anglo-Norman history, Anglo-Saxons, Anglo Saxon, Celtic, and Norse, Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and law, Thane, Anglo-Saxon England, Early Medieval Period, Thegn, þegn, Gesith, Gesið, Wergild, Dunsæteland, Ge Eorle Ge Ceorle, Mircna laga, Norðleoda lagu, Félag, Geþyncðo, Rectitudines Singularum Personarum, Weregeld, and Weregild
В статье представлен анализ изменений, связанных с англо-саксонской категорией «тэнов» на протяжении Х века. Основной упор сделан на работу с памятниками древнеанглийского законодательства и на особенности происхождения источников. Автор... more
В статье представлен анализ изменений, связанных с англо-саксонской категорией «тэнов» на протяжении Х века. Основной упор сделан на работу с памятниками древнеанглийского законодательства и на особенности происхождения источников. Автор стремится показать неоднородность тэнства как социальной группы в разных областях страны, а также её эволюцию во времени.
The article presents an analysis of the transformation of the Anglo-Saxon cate-gory of “thegns” during the 10th century. The main emphasis is placed on authentic sources work. A special stress is put on the heterogeneity of the ‘thegns’ as a social group and their unequal position in early English society both in time and space.
The article presents an analysis of the transformation of the Anglo-Saxon cate-gory of “thegns” during the 10th century. The main emphasis is placed on authentic sources work. A special stress is put on the heterogeneity of the ‘thegns’ as a social group and their unequal position in early English society both in time and space.
Research Interests: Anglo-Saxon Studies, Wulfstan of York, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Early Medieval History, Social History, and 28 moreSocial Class, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Anglo-Saxon law, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Anglo-Saxons, Anglo Saxon, Celtic, and Norse, Anglo-Saxon Northumbria, Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and law, Thane, Alfred, Cnut, English, Anglo-Saxon England, Early Medieval Period, Thegn, þegn, Gesith, Gesið, англо-саксы, Англо-саксонская Англия, Witenagemot, Wergild, Wergeld, Dunsæteland, Ge Eorle Ge Ceorle, Mircna laga, Norðleoda lagu, Félag, Geþyncðo, and Rectitudines Singularum Personarum
Research Interests: Anglo-Saxon Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), State Formation, Book Reviews, Early State Formation, and 10 moreMedieval Coinage, County Hidage, Anglo-Saxon charters, Benedictine Monasticism, Burghal Hidage, Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Anglo-Saxon England, Wessex, Aethelwold of Winchester, and Sheriff
Рецензируемая работа профессора Джона Найлза является не первым, но, как представляется, до сих пор наиболее последовательным концептуальным историографическим обобщением исследований в области англо-саксонистики до начала XX в. Выводя ее... more
Рецензируемая работа профессора Джона Найлза является не первым, но, как представляется, до сих пор наиболее последовательным концептуальным историографическим обобщением исследований в области англо-саксонистики до начала XX в. Выводя ее начала еще от средневековых хронистов, автор на протяжении почти 350 страниц знакомит читателя с ее основными вехами и доводит свое изложение до 1901 г. Написанная легким, доступным языком книга следует хронологическому принципу подачи материала, в связи с чем его объем возрастает к конечным главам. Отдельным достоинством монографии, несомненно, являются экскурсы в отдельные частные сюжеты и коллизии из истории дисциплины, скрашивающие общее повествование. Несмотря на его некоторую монотонность, однако, его нельзя охарактеризовать как простое сухое энциклопедическое перечисление имен авторов и названий их работ; напротив, Дж. Найлз выделяет общие темы и проблематизирует изучаемый им материал, отчего книга приобретает некоторые жанровые признаки нарратива, впрочем, без излишнего уклона в телеологию. Из менее сильных сторон труда Найлза рецензент отмечает имплицитную приверженность автора к распространенному в зарубежном академическом сообществе пониманию англо-саксонистики как в первую очередь отрасли филологии, вследствие чего в монографии несколько затушевана историческая составляющая данной дисциплины. Несмотря на данную критику, исследование Дж. Найлза, несомненно, является важным вкладом в историографию раннесредневековой Англии, особенно в свете в целом недоразработанности данной проблематики.
John Niles’ monograph under review is not the first but, as it stands, by far the most coherent historiographical overview of the Anglo-Saxon studies up until the beginning of the 20th century. Starting off from the medieval chroniclers’ narratives, over the next 350 pages the author introduces his readers to the major stages in the development of the said studies and concludes in the year 1901. Easily read and well-written, the book follows the chronological principle, hence the scope of the surveys naturally broadens by the final chapters. A major achievement of Niles’ work are the colourful vignettes at the end of each chapter that highlight individual matters and curiosities in the history of the discipline. Despite a certain monotony of the main text, the latter does not read as a lifeless encyclopaedic enumeration of the authors’ names and works. On the contrary, professor Niles singles out general topics and problematises his material, which lends the book some narrative features, though not strictly teleological. A less strong side of his research, we believe, is Niles’ implicit adherence to the common among the English-speaking academics treatment of the Anglo-Saxon studies as primarily a branch of philology, and for this reason the text to a certain extent downplays the historical component in its exposition. In spite of this criticism, John Niles’ book is undoubtedly a profound contribution to the historiography of early medieval England, especially in light of the generally timid interest for this subject
John Niles’ monograph under review is not the first but, as it stands, by far the most coherent historiographical overview of the Anglo-Saxon studies up until the beginning of the 20th century. Starting off from the medieval chroniclers’ narratives, over the next 350 pages the author introduces his readers to the major stages in the development of the said studies and concludes in the year 1901. Easily read and well-written, the book follows the chronological principle, hence the scope of the surveys naturally broadens by the final chapters. A major achievement of Niles’ work are the colourful vignettes at the end of each chapter that highlight individual matters and curiosities in the history of the discipline. Despite a certain monotony of the main text, the latter does not read as a lifeless encyclopaedic enumeration of the authors’ names and works. On the contrary, professor Niles singles out general topics and problematises his material, which lends the book some narrative features, though not strictly teleological. A less strong side of his research, we believe, is Niles’ implicit adherence to the common among the English-speaking academics treatment of the Anglo-Saxon studies as primarily a branch of philology, and for this reason the text to a certain extent downplays the historical component in its exposition. In spite of this criticism, John Niles’ book is undoubtedly a profound contribution to the historiography of early medieval England, especially in light of the generally timid interest for this subject
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This is the presentation that I give within the course "Medeltidens Europa" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which students try their hand in medieval source criticism and... more
This is the presentation that I give within the course "Medeltidens Europa" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which students try their hand in medieval source criticism and analysing artwork.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Medieval Iberian History, Early Medieval History, Medieval Scandinavia, Carolingian Studies, and 11 moreMedieval Art, Feudalism and Lordship, Cluniac Studies, Ottonian Art, Viking Age, Manorialism, Feudalism, Christianisation of Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages, Carolingian and Ottonian ideology, Christianisation of Scandinavia, The Norman Conquest, and Renovatio Imperii
В этой лекции рассказывается о принципах организации научных конференций и о стратегиях поведения для извлечения максимального результата из участия в научных мероприятиях.
Research Interests: English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes, Teaching English as a Second Language, English language, English, and 15 moreTeaching English As A Foreign Language, Phd Writing, English language teaching, Conferences, Conferences and Seminars, Academic Performance, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English for Specific Purposes or Academic English, Academics, Conference, PhD candidate, Academic communication skills for undergraduate and graduate students; public speaking (speechwriting), English Language, PhD Student, and English As a Second Language (ESL)
В этой лекции предлагаются некоторые советы к работе над и улучшению академического английского.
Research Interests: English for Academic Purposes, Teaching English as a Second Language, English language, Academic Writing, English, and 17 moreTeaching English As A Foreign Language, English Grammar, Phd Writing, English language teaching, PhD Thesis, Research Writing, For Doing Phd, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Academic literacy/English for academic purposes, English for Specific Purposes or Academic English, English Academic Writing, Academic English, English for Specific/academic purposes, PhD candidate, English Language, PhD Student, and English As a Second Language (ESL)
В этой лекции речь идёт о составлении заявок и схемах написания тезисов для научных мероприятий, а также даются практические советы, примеры и библиография по отдельным гуманитарным специальностям.
Research Interests: English for Academic Purposes, Teaching English as a Second Language, English language, Academic Writing, English, and 11 moreTeaching English As A Foreign Language, English language teaching, MSc and Phd Researcher, Thesis, Scholarships for Master and Phd Degree, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English for Specific Purposes or Academic English, English for Specific/academic purposes, PhD candidate, PhD Student, and English As a Second Language (ESL)
В этой лекции с привлечением большого количества примеров разбираются трудности, которые могут возникать у среднестатистического россиянина при академических поездках за рубеж в заполнении анкет и составлении резюме.
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This is the second of the three presentations that I give within the course "Vikingatida och medeltida skandinavisk historia" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which... more
This is the second of the three presentations that I give within the course "Vikingatida och medeltida skandinavisk historia" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which students anchor the new information by demonstrating the main stages of the Viking eastward expansion on the map.
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This is the second of the three presentations that I give within the course "Vikingatida och medeltida skandinavisk historia" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which... more
This is the second of the three presentations that I give within the course "Vikingatida och medeltida skandinavisk historia" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which students anchor the new information by demonstrating the main stages of the Viking westward expansion on the map.
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This is the first of the three presentations that I give within the course "Vikingatida och medeltida skandinavisk historia" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which... more
This is the first of the three presentations that I give within the course "Vikingatida och medeltida skandinavisk historia" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which students try their hand in source criticism, working on excerpts on the Battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings from two written sources.
Research Interests: Learning and Teaching, Medieval Scandinavia, Theodoricus monachus, Medieval Icelandic Literature, Viking Age Scandinavia, and 12 moreIcelandic Sagas, Medieval Chronicles, Historical Sources, Elder Futhark Runes, Old Norse-Old Icelandic Literature, Ansgar (Anskar), Runes, Saxo Grammaticus, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Rune stones, Ohthere, and Sven Aggessen
This paper was presented in the Intensive Danish Course at the Sprogcenter IA in February 2016, and it speaks about the influence "The Seventh Seal" of Ingmar Bergman exerted upon the modern mass culture and film industry.
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This presentation was delivered in the "Runedask og vikingetiden" course at the University of Copenhagen on February 15, 2016.
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This is the overview of my Ph.D. project, presented to Gillian Fellows-Jensen and Niels Lund by me on November 1, 2015.
Research Interests: Diplomatic History, Medieval Literature, Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, and 15 moreWulfstan of York, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Diplomatic Studies, Early Medieval History, Diplomatics (Medieval), Medieval Europe, Medieval Nobility, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Anglo-Saxon charters, Early Medieval Monasticism, Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon England, and Early Medieval Period
The presentation was delivered in the "Fornaldarsögur and historiography" course at the University of Copenhagen on October 30th 2015.
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This presentation was delivered in the "East Norse. Texts and artifacts" course at the University of Copenhagen on October 12, 2015
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This is my presentation from the 13th Runic Council, "Runes in Western Sweden", held at the University of Gothenburg on October 11th, 2019. Across modern Denmark (province of Jutland, islands of Funen, Lolland, and Bornholm) and Sweden... more
This is my presentation from the 13th Runic Council, "Runes in Western Sweden", held at the University of Gothenburg on October 11th, 2019.
Across modern Denmark (province of Jutland, islands of Funen, Lolland, and Bornholm) and Sweden (provinces of Väster- and Östergötland, Småland, Skåne, and Södermanland) are scattered half a hundred of runic commemorations of certain thegns (ON þegn). The personal designation þegn has hitherto been translated both as a high-ranking officer in the king’s retinue and as a landholding yeoman. In the absence of a satisfactory context, when interpreting those inscriptions scholars had to largely rely on the external evidence, such as contemporary circulation of the same lexeme in Old English, the skaldic verse, and later Old Norse literary and legal prose.
The current contribution to the heldagsrunråd avoids bringing forward new explanations of who or what the runic thegns were, as this shall be an integral part of the author’s future PhD thesis, but instead aims at raising a number of more fundamental questions surrounding the relevant corpus. These include but are not limited to:
1. Are the previous datings of the rune stones in question (very often established in the first half of the 20th century but for the Swedish corpus improved by Anne Sofie Gräslund’s stylistic datings) still valid?
2. Are there contextual or linguistic features in the þegn-stones corpus which can reinforce these datings?
3. What can be deduced from the surrounding runic context of the individual þegn-inscription, such as the names of the rune-carvers, family members, and other textual content, artistic features etc., in the modern research?
4. Finally, are there any caveats in quoting the Samnordisk runtextdatabas on these inscriptions?
In my talk, I should like to point out some peculiarities and puzzles I have found as a non-runic scholar, but I hope heldagsrunråd’s contribution can help me improve this section in my PhD thesis, scheduled to be defended here in Göteborg in autumn 2021. My presentation will be in English but the dissussion may also be in Danish or Swedish.
Across modern Denmark (province of Jutland, islands of Funen, Lolland, and Bornholm) and Sweden (provinces of Väster- and Östergötland, Småland, Skåne, and Södermanland) are scattered half a hundred of runic commemorations of certain thegns (ON þegn). The personal designation þegn has hitherto been translated both as a high-ranking officer in the king’s retinue and as a landholding yeoman. In the absence of a satisfactory context, when interpreting those inscriptions scholars had to largely rely on the external evidence, such as contemporary circulation of the same lexeme in Old English, the skaldic verse, and later Old Norse literary and legal prose.
The current contribution to the heldagsrunråd avoids bringing forward new explanations of who or what the runic thegns were, as this shall be an integral part of the author’s future PhD thesis, but instead aims at raising a number of more fundamental questions surrounding the relevant corpus. These include but are not limited to:
1. Are the previous datings of the rune stones in question (very often established in the first half of the 20th century but for the Swedish corpus improved by Anne Sofie Gräslund’s stylistic datings) still valid?
2. Are there contextual or linguistic features in the þegn-stones corpus which can reinforce these datings?
3. What can be deduced from the surrounding runic context of the individual þegn-inscription, such as the names of the rune-carvers, family members, and other textual content, artistic features etc., in the modern research?
4. Finally, are there any caveats in quoting the Samnordisk runtextdatabas on these inscriptions?
In my talk, I should like to point out some peculiarities and puzzles I have found as a non-runic scholar, but I hope heldagsrunråd’s contribution can help me improve this section in my PhD thesis, scheduled to be defended here in Göteborg in autumn 2021. My presentation will be in English but the dissussion may also be in Danish or Swedish.
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Over the recent decades, historians and archaeologists alike have greatly enhanced mod-ern understanding of the urban development in early medieval Britain. However, as of now, there seems to be a lack of a meta-analytical synthesis of... more
Over the recent decades, historians and archaeologists alike have greatly enhanced mod-ern understanding of the urban development in early medieval Britain. However, as of now, there seems to be a lack of a meta-analytical synthesis of the collected information, i.e. scholars have so far not put forward any concise framework to collate this information with, the need for which is especially acute in the light of the multifaceted Anglo-Scandinavian interaction in the 9–11th centuries. For instance, the contribution of the Danish settlement for the English urban landscape has on multiple occasions been emphasised, but it is hard to evaluate in the absence of a comparison with both native Scandinavian urban development and parallel late Anglo-Saxon urbanisation.
The suggested paper aims at presenting one of the possible typologies of the post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian urban centres and communities up until the beginning of the High Middle Ages. The expected framework, built on the firm chronological principle, shall categorise them:
1. on the basis of origins: (post-)Roman settlements, early Anglo-Saxon wīcas/emporia, later Scandinavian fortresses, West Saxon burhs, etc.;
2. on the basis of functions: royal centres, territorial capitals, commercial hubs, etc.;
3. on the regional basis: Southern England, Western Mercia, and the Danelaw.
Of a special interest is the integration of the pre-existing Danelaw urban settlements into the West Saxon administrative system, particularly when compared with the parallel process in Eng-lish Mercia to the west.
The suggested paper aims at presenting one of the possible typologies of the post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian urban centres and communities up until the beginning of the High Middle Ages. The expected framework, built on the firm chronological principle, shall categorise them:
1. on the basis of origins: (post-)Roman settlements, early Anglo-Saxon wīcas/emporia, later Scandinavian fortresses, West Saxon burhs, etc.;
2. on the basis of functions: royal centres, territorial capitals, commercial hubs, etc.;
3. on the regional basis: Southern England, Western Mercia, and the Danelaw.
Of a special interest is the integration of the pre-existing Danelaw urban settlements into the West Saxon administrative system, particularly when compared with the parallel process in Eng-lish Mercia to the west.
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This paper was delivered at Svenska historikermötet 2019 at the Linnaeus University (Växjö). In it, I briefly touch upon the problem of an Anglo-Saxon thegn's wergild composition and how it may confer knew knowledge about the Anglo-Saxon... more
This paper was delivered at Svenska historikermötet 2019 at the Linnaeus University (Växjö). In it, I briefly touch upon the problem of an Anglo-Saxon thegn's wergild composition and how it may confer knew knowledge about the Anglo-Saxon society as a whole. My tentative conclusion is that contrary to the popular belief, (West Saxon) thegns were entitled to the 1,200-shilling wergild only from the 10th century onwards, though the very social group of the 'twelfhundimenn' had existed at least from the late 7th century in Wessex. It is probable that we can witness a conscious attempt at social engineering on the part of the royal legislators' (or Archbishop Wulfstan of York), whereby a) the de facto aristocratic thegnly stratum was merged with the hitherto legally recognised West Saxon nobility, b) the West Saxon legal 6-to-1 wergild ratio might have been imposed outside Wessex after the political integration of Mercia and Northumbria in the 10th century.
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The premise of the presentation is the assumption that the hitherto established etymology of the OE/ON word þegn (also OHG and OS thegan) is linguistically improbable and thus needs a revision. The article offers historical evidence in... more
The premise of the presentation is the assumption that the hitherto established etymology of the OE/ON word þegn (also OHG and OS thegan) is linguistically improbable and thus needs a revision. The article offers historical evidence in support of Guus Kroonen’s recent claim of that þegn is not connected to the Ancient Greek lexeme for “a child,” τέκνον (< PIE *tek-no), and instead stems from PGmc *þegjan- “to request,” thus ab initio denoting a “retainer.” If Kroonen’s surmise is correct, it might have some implications for historical research, though it is argued throughout this essay not to substitute the latter with sheer linguistics.
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Languages and Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Etymology, and 20 moreGermanic linguistics, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Skaldic Poetry, Toponymy, Viking Age Scandinavia, Language and Etymology, Viking Age, Political Discourse, Place Names, Indo-European Etymology, Fagrskinna, холоп, Canute, Cnut, Cnut the Great, Comitatus, Ivan III, Thegn, þegn, and Rangbezeichnung
Презентация доклада на 24-й международной научной конференцим студентов, аспирантов и молодых учёных «Ломоносов-2017». В докладе рассматриваются историографический поиск и выделение высшего слоя нетитулованной англо-саксонской светской... more
Презентация доклада на 24-й международной научной конференцим студентов, аспирантов и молодых учёных «Ломоносов-2017».
В докладе рассматриваются историографический поиск и выделение высшего слоя нетитулованной англо-саксонской светской элиты накануне Нормандского Завоевания (1066 г.) по материалам XII века. Последовательно разбираются и критикуются попытки в рамках конституционной истории (Р. Рид и Д. Рофф) и аграрной истории (У. Стаббс и П. Кларк). Докладчик приходит к выводу, что данные гипотезы не подтверждаются известными источниками (Книга Страшного Суда и нормандские переводы англо-саксонского права XII в.) при непредвзятом анализе и требуют насильного прочтения известных текстов. В заключении делается предположение, что подобные построения – это отражение современных представлений об устройстве общества (в том числе и английского), где относительно чётко выделяются имущественные классы.
A PowerPoint presentation at the 24th international academic student and young researcher's conference "Lomonosov-2017".
The presentation analyses the historiographical search for an upper layer of the titleless Anglo-Saxon lay elite on the eve of the Norman Conquest (1066). The presentation's consecutive study reveals the flaws in the constitutional (by R. Reid and D. Roffe) and agrarian (W. Stubbs and P. Clarke) approaches to the problem. The author finds that such hypotheses do not find support from the extant sources (the Domesday Book and Norman translation of the Anglo-Saxon law) when reading without any preconceived notions. The conclusion supposes that this kind of search might be a reflection of the modern-day view of the society (including the English one) as composed of more or less clearly defined classes.
В докладе рассматриваются историографический поиск и выделение высшего слоя нетитулованной англо-саксонской светской элиты накануне Нормандского Завоевания (1066 г.) по материалам XII века. Последовательно разбираются и критикуются попытки в рамках конституционной истории (Р. Рид и Д. Рофф) и аграрной истории (У. Стаббс и П. Кларк). Докладчик приходит к выводу, что данные гипотезы не подтверждаются известными источниками (Книга Страшного Суда и нормандские переводы англо-саксонского права XII в.) при непредвзятом анализе и требуют насильного прочтения известных текстов. В заключении делается предположение, что подобные построения – это отражение современных представлений об устройстве общества (в том числе и английского), где относительно чётко выделяются имущественные классы.
A PowerPoint presentation at the 24th international academic student and young researcher's conference "Lomonosov-2017".
The presentation analyses the historiographical search for an upper layer of the titleless Anglo-Saxon lay elite on the eve of the Norman Conquest (1066). The presentation's consecutive study reveals the flaws in the constitutional (by R. Reid and D. Roffe) and agrarian (W. Stubbs and P. Clarke) approaches to the problem. The author finds that such hypotheses do not find support from the extant sources (the Domesday Book and Norman translation of the Anglo-Saxon law) when reading without any preconceived notions. The conclusion supposes that this kind of search might be a reflection of the modern-day view of the society (including the English one) as composed of more or less clearly defined classes.
Research Interests: History, Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Historiography, Agrarian Studies, and 23 moreLegal History, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), English History, Land tenure, Social History, Medieval Nobility, Baronage, 12th century England, Medieval Aristocracy, Constitutional History, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Anglo-Norman history, Domesday Book, Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon England, Thegn, þegn, Liber Eliensis, Quadripartitus, Leges Henrici Primi, Instituta Cnuti, Consiliatio Cnuti, and Leis Willelme
This is my presentation at the international PhD and post-doctoral training school "Dynamic Middle Ages II" (Düsseldorf, September 2016) https://medieval.hse.ru/dynamicma2 The topic I touched upon deals with the Anglo-Saxon charters... more
This is my presentation at the international PhD and post-doctoral training school "Dynamic Middle Ages II" (Düsseldorf, September 2016) https://medieval.hse.ru/dynamicma2
The topic I touched upon deals with the Anglo-Saxon charters (royal diplomas) of the 10th and 11th centuries. I intended to pay special attention to the political and cultural circumstances of their production, as well as to raise some thought-provoking questions, concerning the statistics.
You can also find a simplified visualisation of the royal lineage of the period at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZiBfwDFXs
The topic I touched upon deals with the Anglo-Saxon charters (royal diplomas) of the 10th and 11th centuries. I intended to pay special attention to the political and cultural circumstances of their production, as well as to raise some thought-provoking questions, concerning the statistics.
You can also find a simplified visualisation of the royal lineage of the period at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZiBfwDFXs
Research Interests: Statistics, Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Archives, Latin Paleography, and 23 moreDiplomatics (Medieval), Diplomatics, Kingship (Medieval History), Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Charters and Paleography, Athelstan, Viking Age, Anglo-Saxon charters, King Edgar, King Edward the Confessor, Anglo-Saxon kings, Edmund I, Eadred, Charters, King Alfred of Wessex, Monastic Archives, Edward the Elder, Swein Forkbeard, Ethelred II, Cnut the Great, King Canute, Æthelread the Unready, and Æthelred the Unready
This presentation was given at the "Viking World: Diversity and Change" conference in Nottingham on July 2nd, 2016. This talk addresses the problem of the possible social interraction between the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavians. It is a... more
This presentation was given at the "Viking World: Diversity and Change" conference in Nottingham on July 2nd, 2016.
This talk addresses the problem of the possible social interraction between the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavians. It is a development of the author's previous pursue of the topic, presented at the Student Symposium on Viking and Medieval Scandinavian Subjects 2016 (Aarhus University) in March of that same year.
Compared to the talk in Aarhus, this presentation puts an emphasis on the historiographical situation and suggests a novel methodological approach. Additionally, it touches on the possibility of the Old English influence upon the Old Norse in the usage of the word "thegn". Finally, following the further research, carried out since March, it proposes the Danelaw as a possible contact zone rather than a region of a confined Scandinavian influence.
This talk addresses the problem of the possible social interraction between the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavians. It is a development of the author's previous pursue of the topic, presented at the Student Symposium on Viking and Medieval Scandinavian Subjects 2016 (Aarhus University) in March of that same year.
Compared to the talk in Aarhus, this presentation puts an emphasis on the historiographical situation and suggests a novel methodological approach. Additionally, it touches on the possibility of the Old English influence upon the Old Norse in the usage of the word "thegn". Finally, following the further research, carried out since March, it proposes the Danelaw as a possible contact zone rather than a region of a confined Scandinavian influence.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Nobility, and 21 moreViking Studies, Social History, Scandinavian history, Medieval Nobility, Scandinavian Studies, Viking Age Scandinavia, Elites and Society, Aristocracy, Anglo-Saxon law-codes, Elites, Sociology of elites, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Thane, Cambridgeshire, Anglo-Saxon England, Danelaw, Swein Forkbeard, Cnut the Great, Thegn, and þegn
This presentation was delivered at the Student Symposium on the Viking and Medieval Scandinavian Subjects on March 18th 2016 in Århus (Denmark) http://vikingoldnorse.au.dk/activities-and-events/student-symposium/ Эта презентация -... more
This presentation was delivered at the Student Symposium on the Viking and Medieval Scandinavian Subjects on March 18th 2016 in Århus (Denmark)
http://vikingoldnorse.au.dk/activities-and-events/student-symposium/
Эта презентация - доклад на студенческом симпозиуме в г. Орхус (Дания), посвящённом исследованиям эпохи викингов и средних веков в Скандинавии, прочитанный 18 марта 2016 г.
http://vikingoldnorse.au.dk/activities-and-events/student-symposium/
Эта презентация - доклад на студенческом симпозиуме в г. Орхус (Дания), посвящённом исследованиям эпохи викингов и средних веков в Скандинавии, прочитанный 18 марта 2016 г.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, Wulfstan of York, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), and 23 moreEarly Medieval History, Nobility, Viking Studies, Medieval Europe, English historical linguistics, Runestones, Medieval Nobility, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Charters and Paleography, Viking Age Scandinavia, Old English, Middle English, Old Norse poetry and prose, Vikings, Viking Age, Anglo-Saxon charters, Anglo-Saxons, Younger futhark, Thane, Monastic charters and cartularies, Early Medieval Period, Runes, Rune stones, Thegn, and þegn
Эта презентация представляет собой визуальную часть доклада, прочитанного на конференции "Ломоносов-2015" 14 апреля 2015 г. на историческом факультете МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова. This presentation was delivered at the "Lomonosov-2015"... more
Эта презентация представляет собой визуальную часть доклада, прочитанного на конференции "Ломоносов-2015" 14 апреля 2015 г. на историческом факультете МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова.
This presentation was delivered at the "Lomonosov-2015" conference at the Lomonosov State University of Moscow (History Faculty) on April 14th 2015.
Текст тезисов доступен по ссылке / The full abstract is available here https://www.academia.edu/17345436/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82_X-XI_%D0%B2%D0%B2._%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8B_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2-2015_Representativeness_of_the_royal_Anglo-Saxon_charters_of_the_10-11th_century
This presentation was delivered at the "Lomonosov-2015" conference at the Lomonosov State University of Moscow (History Faculty) on April 14th 2015.
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Denis Sukhino-Khomenko PhD-student at Department of Historical Studies, the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) denis.sukhino-khomenko@gu.se Historiographical Wishful Thinking and Debates on Some Early Medieval Social Phenomena in the... more
Denis Sukhino-Khomenko
PhD-student at Department of Historical Studies, the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
denis.sukhino-khomenko@gu.se
Historiographical Wishful Thinking and Debates on Some Early Medieval Social Phenomena in the North Sea Region
This article interrogates certain historiographical trends of constructing self-sufficient models of explanation for essentially unrelated data in the primary sources. For a case study the essay spotlights the protracted examination of the early medieval social group of thegns (OE/ON þegn). Attention is drawn to the influential articles by SvendAakjær, Rachel R. Reid, and David Roffe. Aakjær’s main thesis was that Viking-Age thegns and drengs (ON drengr) known from the Scandinavian runic inscriptions used to be members of royal retinue(s), just like they were strata of landed nobility in England. Rachel Reid drew an institutional parallel between the Anglo-Saxon king’s thegns and medieval barons, and David Roffe augmented this later view by suggesting a continuity in 11th-century landholding patterns. The author hypothesises that the inherent flaw of such models lies in an unconscious confirmation bias when dealing with the source material. By addressing the primary sources directly, the author seeks to demonstrate that some of these views suffered from a lack of empirical data already at the inception. Though contextualising his polemics in modern historiography, in his criticism the author relies on the ad fontes method rather than the wisdom of hindsight. The article also aims to tackle the circulation of the self-sufficient models of this sort in subsequent historiography, as well as to identify plausible origins of prominence and consequences. The author hopes to relate this individual case study to a broader context of medieval research, thereby offering a feasible model of its application to further topics.
Key words: Baron; Historiography; King Cnut; Runic Inscriptions; Thegn.
Сухино-Хоменко Денис Владимирович
PhD-студент Института исторических исследований, Университет Гетеборга (Швеция)
denis.sukhino-khomenko@gu.se
Проблема принятия желаемого за действительное в историографии и споры о некоторых социальных явлениях в раннесредневековой Англии и Скандинавии
Статья посвящена разбору отдельных историографических тенденций, связанных с конструированием самодостаточных объяснительных моделей для описания внутренне не связанных между собой сведений в первоисточниках. В качестве иллюстрации в центре исследования стоят три примера изучения раннесредневековой социальной группы тэнов (др. англ. / др. сканд. þegn) в историографии XX в. Отмечается, что главная проблема подобных моделей заключается в неосознанном когнитивном искажении (англ.confirmationbias) при работе с оригинальными текстами: предвзятом прочтении, игнорировании противоречащих фактов, недостаточном внимании к происхождению памятников. Обращаясь напрямую к первоисточникам и минуя сложившуюся историографическую традицию, автор стремится показать, что некоторые из подобных далеко идущих выводов страдали от недостатка эмпирических доказательств уже на момент публикации. При активном вовлечении наработок современной историографии предлагаемая критика высказывается не с позиций «послезнания», а исходя из принципа adfontes. В статье предпринята попытка исследования бытования такого рода самодостаточных моделей в последующей историографии с указанием на его возможные причины и последствия. Автор выражает надежду, что подобное частное исследование может найти более широкое применение в современной медиевистике.
Ключевые слова: барон; историография; Кнут Великий; рунические надписи; тэн.
PhD-student at Department of Historical Studies, the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
denis.sukhino-khomenko@gu.se
Historiographical Wishful Thinking and Debates on Some Early Medieval Social Phenomena in the North Sea Region
This article interrogates certain historiographical trends of constructing self-sufficient models of explanation for essentially unrelated data in the primary sources. For a case study the essay spotlights the protracted examination of the early medieval social group of thegns (OE/ON þegn). Attention is drawn to the influential articles by SvendAakjær, Rachel R. Reid, and David Roffe. Aakjær’s main thesis was that Viking-Age thegns and drengs (ON drengr) known from the Scandinavian runic inscriptions used to be members of royal retinue(s), just like they were strata of landed nobility in England. Rachel Reid drew an institutional parallel between the Anglo-Saxon king’s thegns and medieval barons, and David Roffe augmented this later view by suggesting a continuity in 11th-century landholding patterns. The author hypothesises that the inherent flaw of such models lies in an unconscious confirmation bias when dealing with the source material. By addressing the primary sources directly, the author seeks to demonstrate that some of these views suffered from a lack of empirical data already at the inception. Though contextualising his polemics in modern historiography, in his criticism the author relies on the ad fontes method rather than the wisdom of hindsight. The article also aims to tackle the circulation of the self-sufficient models of this sort in subsequent historiography, as well as to identify plausible origins of prominence and consequences. The author hopes to relate this individual case study to a broader context of medieval research, thereby offering a feasible model of its application to further topics.
Key words: Baron; Historiography; King Cnut; Runic Inscriptions; Thegn.
Сухино-Хоменко Денис Владимирович
PhD-студент Института исторических исследований, Университет Гетеборга (Швеция)
denis.sukhino-khomenko@gu.se
Проблема принятия желаемого за действительное в историографии и споры о некоторых социальных явлениях в раннесредневековой Англии и Скандинавии
Статья посвящена разбору отдельных историографических тенденций, связанных с конструированием самодостаточных объяснительных моделей для описания внутренне не связанных между собой сведений в первоисточниках. В качестве иллюстрации в центре исследования стоят три примера изучения раннесредневековой социальной группы тэнов (др. англ. / др. сканд. þegn) в историографии XX в. Отмечается, что главная проблема подобных моделей заключается в неосознанном когнитивном искажении (англ.confirmationbias) при работе с оригинальными текстами: предвзятом прочтении, игнорировании противоречащих фактов, недостаточном внимании к происхождению памятников. Обращаясь напрямую к первоисточникам и минуя сложившуюся историографическую традицию, автор стремится показать, что некоторые из подобных далеко идущих выводов страдали от недостатка эмпирических доказательств уже на момент публикации. При активном вовлечении наработок современной историографии предлагаемая критика высказывается не с позиций «послезнания», а исходя из принципа adfontes. В статье предпринята попытка исследования бытования такого рода самодостаточных моделей в последующей историографии с указанием на его возможные причины и последствия. Автор выражает надежду, что подобное частное исследование может найти более широкое применение в современной медиевистике.
Ключевые слова: барон; историография; Кнут Великий; рунические надписи; тэн.