For my final assignment‚ I chose to expand on forum number five‚ which talked about Public Historians and recording popular culture. This thread features some great discussions and points mentioned in class and in the discussion board‚ which I would like to bring light to in this paper. It is not only our job as Historians/Public Historians to evaluate and interpret the world around us and change over time. Recording history has become almost effortless‚ since everything is digital‚ making a single
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the first setteler in the Iceland was Ingolfur Arnarson. He shifted with his family at Reykjavik‚in 874‚ which later on came to be known as the capital of the country. Further‚ then in the years 874 and 930‚ there were increases in the number of the Viking settlers‚ who had arrived from the Scandinavia and came here to seize the land in the areas which were inhabitable. In the Landnamabok‚ the first few chapters claim that the first discovery of the Iceland was discovered from the western Norway. The
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Scandinavians‚ during the Viking Age‚ spoke Old Norse. This language was sometimes referred to as “Danish Tongue (Page‚ 1987).” Icelandic‚ Danish‚ and Norwegian languages are all descended of Old Norse. There were many different dialects spoken during this time. Many scholars are able to find the differences between East Norse and
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these men were prepared to do whatever it took to gain the crown. The only way to decide who was going to be king was to engage in battle .Harold and william both prepared there forces. First Harald hardra from norway invaided england with his viking fleet and fought against harold godwinson at stanford bridge .After the Battle of Stamford Bridge (In which Harald had died‚) Harold had news that william had finally invaided and went down to hastings to prepare to fight William‚ but this was going
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Thistles by Ted Hughes The title ‘thistles’ refers to a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles. The poem is very short and is separated into four stanzas of three lines each. The poem does not have a rhyming pattern but uses much alliteration. The poem conveys a negative mood‚ one that is aggressive and violent. In the first stanza‚ Hughes portrays an almost countryside atmosphere for the readers to experience. He uses alliteration: “hoeing hands” that describe the
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Rollo the Viking was a courageous leader and a brave conqueror. His techniques enabled him and the Norsemen of Ireland and Scotland to gain a secure position on Frankish soil. This enabled him to become the first leader of Normandy‚ France. Many of the historical details about Rollo are difficult to accurately establish because his birth occurred in the 9th century‚ which was over a thousand years ago. Rollo (which means “renowned wolf”) was born in the Kingdom Of More (Norway) as Gånge-Rolf. His
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Seamus Heaney: Tribal Practises Heaney has referred to ancient tribal practices as ‘providing imaginative parallels to modern Irish politics’. Examine Punishment and at least two other poems in light of this statement. Throughout both ‘North’ and ‘Wintering Out’ Heaney uses his chief poetic value as a ‘tribal poet’ to explore and reveal his feelings on Irish politics. The changing face of his tribal poetry strongly reflects Heaney’s shifting attitude to the solution of the problems in Ulster
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What was the blood eagle used for? The ‘blood eagle’ was a ritual the Vikings performed as a sacrifice to their god Odin; sometimes it was used as a form of torture. The victim would have their chest cut open and the ribs would be ripped open leaving the chest cavity exposed. The blood eagle was a cruel method of torture‚ slowly killing the victim and leaving their body to rot. There have been many accounts of the blood eagle being performed some people doubt or question the validity of these accounts
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Journey: Separation: Hiccup (the male protagonist) begins his journey to heroism right from the first scene. In this scene he is seen as a useless child and he is sent away from all the action of hunting dragon to repair the weapons of the other Vikings. Hiccup disobeys his father’s orders and he set out to kill a Nightfury‚ the most dangerous of all of the dragons. He unexpectedly hits one‚ yet no one believes him‚ he in fact get in trouble. Later the next day he sets out to find the Nightfury he
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2012‚ SUBMIT: OCTOBER 11th 2012 A saga is described to be a short story with historical significance that summarizes in detail events that took place during a certain period of time. In terms of Ancient Scandinavia and the Viking Age‚ sagas are stories of voyages of Vikings that include subjects like migration‚ battles‚ and family and inter-societal interactions. These sagas were written by unknown authors well after the actual events occurred. The Vinland Sagas translated by Keneva Kunz and edited
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