Abstract

The article discusses the temporal organization of social life in Viking-age Scandinavia (c. AD 750-1050) and the challenges of its scholarly investigation. Based on a survey of the contemporary sources, it will be documented that three main zeitgebers were employed: the shift between day and night, the lunar phases, and seasonal changes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTime and Trace: Multidisciplinary Investigations of Temporality
EditorsSabine Gross, Steve Ostovich
PublisherBrill
Publication date2016
Pages111-129
Publication statusPublished - 2016
SeriesKronoScope. Journal for the Study of Time
Number15
ISSN1567-715x

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities

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