THE HIES OPEN LIBRARY
EARLY SCHOLARSHIP, INTERPRETATION & HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The Historical Scholarship collection brings together earlier scholarly works that contributed to the study and interpretation of Old Norse religion, history, society, literature, and culture.
These works provide insight not only into the subjects they examine but also into the development of Old Norse and Scandinavian studies as academic fields. Because historical scholarship reflects the evidence, methods, terminology, and assumptions available at the time of publication, these resources are studied critically and in conversation with primary sources and later research.
Individual resource pages provide information about each work, its edition, its use at HIES, and access to the available online text.
Social Scandinavia in the Viking Age
Mary Wilhelmine Williams • 1920
HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP
An early twentieth-century study of Scandinavian social life, household organization, family, law, government, trade, religious practice, material culture, customs, and society during the Viking Age.
The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
William A. Craigie • 1914
HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP
An early twentieth-century scholarly examination of Old Norse religious evidence, mythology, the Gods, religious practice, sacred places, sacrifice, beliefs concerning death, and religious transition.
The Historical Scholarship collection will continue to develop as suitable public-domain scholarly works concerning Old Norse religion, history, literature, language, society, archaeology, and related fields are identified and reviewed for inclusion.
Inclusion in this collection does not indicate that a work represents current academic consensus. Historical scholarship is preserved and studied for its research value, its influence on the development of the field, and the opportunity it provides for students to examine how scholarly interpretations change as evidence, methods, and academic disciplines develop.
HIES encourages students to distinguish primary evidence from scholarly interpretation and to evaluate older scholarship alongside later research.
Inclusion in the Open Library does not mean that every resource is required reading within the Bachelor of Eddic Studies program.