All Outputs (5)

Shetland and the Runic Diaspora (2023)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (2023). Shetland and the Runic Diaspora. In R. Foster, & C. Cooijmans (Eds.), History, Landscape, and Language in the Northern Isles and Caithness: A'm Grippit Dis Laand’. A Gedenkschrift for Doreen Waugh. Brepols Publishers

Scandinavian Runes in England: Dating, Distribution, and Contexts (2023)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (in press). Scandinavian Runes in England: Dating, Distribution, and Contexts. In R. Dance, S. Pons-Sanz, & B. Schorn (Eds.), The Legacy of Medieval Scandinavian Encounters with England and the Insular World. Brepols Publishers

The threatening wave: Norse poetry and the Scottish Isles (2015)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (2015). The threatening wave: Norse poetry and the Scottish Isles. In J. H. Barrett, & S. Gibbon (Eds.), Maritime societies of the Viking and Medieval world (320-332). Maney Publishing

The poetry discussed in this paper presents a range of responses to sailing around the northern parts of the British Isles, by poets more or less familiar with these routes but also with Norway, Iceland and sea-ways much further afield. These poets u... Read More about The threatening wave: Norse poetry and the Scottish Isles.

The Viking Diaspora (2015)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (2015). The Viking Diaspora. In The Viking Diaspora (55-86). Routledge

Christian Vikings: Norsemen in Western Europe in the 12th century (2014)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (2014). Christian Vikings: Norsemen in Western Europe in the 12th century. In P. Bauduin, & A. Musin (Eds.), Vers l'Orient et vers l'Occident: regards croisés sur les dynamiques et les transferts culturels des Vikings à la Rous ancienne = Eastwards and Westwards: multiple perspectives on the dynamics and cultural transfers from the vikings to the early Rus'. Presses universitaires de Caen

From the late 11th century onwards, northern Europeans were also infected with the crusading spirit that swept the whole of Europe. With their knowledge of the East, their military abilities and experience, and their relatively new enthusiasm for Chr... Read More about Christian Vikings: Norsemen in Western Europe in the 12th century.