Cultural influences of Vikings in Scotland
How did the Vikings influence culture during their settlement period in Scotland?
The essay to focus on the 8th to 11th centuries, but if there is something important up to the 15th century then that would be ok too.
Focus on one region, such as Dál Riata or the Hebrides then that would be great, although some cultural practices may not be restricted to one region.
Some consideration should be given to contemporary culture that shows Viking influence, though not a lot, and maybe towards the end of the essay.
Possible Sources:
BOOKS
Caldwell, D. H. and M. A. Hall (eds.), The Lewis Chessmen: new perspectives (2014).
Downham, C. Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: the dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014 (2008).
Graham-Campbell, J. and C. E. Batey. Vikings in Scotland: an archaeological survey (1998).
Hudson, B. T. Viking Pirates and Christian Princes: dynasty, religion, and empire in the North Atlantic (2005).
Hudson, B. T. Irish Sea Studies, 900-1200 (2006).
Owen, O. and M. Dalland. Scar: a Viking boat burial on Sanday, Orkney (1999).
Woolf, A. From Pictland to Alba, 789 to 1070 (2008).
ARTICLES
Barrett, J. H. and others. “Diet and ethnicity during the Viking colonization of northern Scotland: evidence from fish bones and stable carbon isotopes”, Antiquity 75 (2001), 145-154.
Clancy, T. O. “The Christmas Eve massacre, Iona, AD 986”, Innes Review 64.1 (2013), 66-71.
Harris, O. J. T. “Assembling places and persons: a tenth-century Viking boat burial from Swordle Bay on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, western Scotland”, Antiquity 91 (2017), 191-206.
Macniven, A. “Modelling viking migration to the Inner Hebrides”, Journal of the North Atlantic (2013), 3-18.
