dc.contributor.author | Grohse, Ian Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-29T13:46:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-29T13:46:19Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-01-10T12:22:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Island Studies Journal. 2013, 8 (2), 255-268. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 1715-2593 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2625191 | |
dc.description.abstract | The island province of Orkney played a crucial role in Norway’s overseas expansion during the Early- and High-Middle Ages. Located just offshore from mainland Scotland, it provided a resort for westward-sailing fleets as well as a convenient springboard for military forays into Britain and down the Irish Sea. The establishment of a Norwegian-Scottish peace and the demarcation of fixed political boundaries in 1266 led to a revision of Orkney’s role in the Norwegian realm. From that point until the its pledging to the Scottish Crown in 1468, Norway depended on Orkney as a hub for diplomacy and foreign relations. This paper looks at how Orkney figured in Norwegian royal strategies in the west and | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | University of Prince Edward Island | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | From Asset in War to Asset in Diplomacy: Orkney in the Medieval Realm of Norway | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 255-268 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 8 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | Island Studies Journal | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 2 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1087446 | |
dc.description.localcode | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution: No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported Licence. | nb_NO |
cristin.unitcode | 194,62,65,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for historiske studier | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |