126-069 Viking Studies B

126-068 Viking Studies A. European studies students wishing to enrol in this subject would normally have completed first year European studies, see Prerequisites.

This subject introduces students to the Old Norse Language and aims at providing basic reading skills. Viking Studies B builds on the historical and cultural knowledge of the Viking Era acquired in Viking Studies A, and seeks to consolidate and deepen that knowledge through the study of authentic Saga material, mostly in the original.

Written work totalling 4000 words

• Hilda Ellis Davidson, Gods and Myths of Northern Europe.
• Anthony Faulkes, Snorri Sturluson Edda.
• E V Gordon, An Introduction to Old Norse.