Public Seminar Series. A Viking in the Sun. Harald Hardrada as the Best-Evidenced Viking Visitor to the Mediterranean & his Legacy by G. Raccagni
Harald Hardrada is especially well known for his exploits as king of Norway, as testified by his popular epithets ‘hardrada’ and ‘the last Viking’. They refer to his style of rulership and his failed conquest of England in 1066, which became a prelude to its Norman conquest.
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‘A Viking in the Sun’ is an international, collaborative, project that focuses instead on Harald's formative Mediterranean adventures with two objectives in mind: the first is to highlight Harald’s surprisingly unsung status as best-evidenced Viking visitor to the Mediterranean; and the second is to use Harald's encounters as a common thread to explore selected themes related to Mediterranean societies, their connections with the Nordic world, and their legacies.
This paper illustrates the project, discusses its foundational sources (including Old Norse, Latin, and Greek texts) and their challenges, and outlines Scottish ramifications of the legacy of Harald's Mediterranean adventures.
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Gianluca Raccagni is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History and Director of the History and Games Lab Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh. His interests lie in the social, cultural, and political history of the central Middle Ages, and in developing creative responses to historical research. He is currently leading the international collaborative research project 'A Viking in the Sun: Harald Hardrada, the Mediterranean, and the Nordic World between the Late Viking Age and the Eve of the Crusades.
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