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Earl Rognvaldr Kali: crisis and development in twelfth-century Orkney
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dc.contributor.advisor | Woolf, Alex | |
dc.contributor.author | Prescott, Joshua | |
dc.coverage.spatial | 144 | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-26T16:16:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-08-26T16:16:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-06 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/741 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this thesis I argue that Earl Rögnvaldr Kali, lacking a patrilinial claim to the earldom of Orkney, used the cult of St Magnús, his maternal uncle, to create a new religiously based legitimacy for himself. Furthermore, I argue that the process of propagating this new ideology lead to a strengthening of both the Orcadian Church and the earl. In constructing this thesis I utilize both narrative sources, especially the Orkneyinga saga, and none written sources, i.e. archeological and place name studies. I have also used such documentary evidence as exists for twelfth-century Orkney, though this is fairly scant. I also relate the changes in ecclesiastical and political organization and administration to pan-European reforms of twelfth century to illustrate Orkney's movement from a chieftaincy to a high mediaeval ‘state’. | en |
dc.format.extent | 3988012 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of St Andrews | |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
dc.subject | Orkney | en |
dc.subject | Earl of Orkney | en |
dc.subject | Orkneyinga saga | en |
dc.subject | St Magnus | en |
dc.subject | Rognvaldr | en |
dc.subject | Ouncelands | en |
dc.subject | Pennylands | en |
dc.subject | Earlship | en |
dc.subject.lcc | DA880.O6P8 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Rognvaldr Kali Kolsson--Earl of Orkney--d. 1158 | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Orkney (Scotland)--History--To 1500 | en |
dc.title | Earl Rognvaldr Kali: crisis and development in twelfth-century Orkney | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en |
dc.type.qualificationname | MPhil Master of Philosophy | en |
dc.publisher.institution | The University of St Andrews | en |
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