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The origins of the imaginary Viking
Tipo de projeto
Article
Data
2002
Local
Viking Heritage Magazine 4, 2002, Gotland University/Centre for Baltic Studies, Visby (ISSN: 1403-7319).
It was during the Romantic period, in the 19th century, that the modern image of the European Barbarians was created. This process happened as an answer to the yearnings of the diverse nationalistic movements, creating an image of old landscapes and medieval characters to help in the construction of modern identities: Celtic for the French, Teutonic for the Germans and Viking for the Scandinavians.
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