Danishness in the Viking age: Violence, Christianity, and boundary perception in the construction of medieval Danish identity
Journal: ThinkTech (Texas Tech University)
Year: 2021

This project looks at the development of Danish identity in the Viking Age. By analyzing internal and external descriptions of perceptions of the Danes in this tumultuous period of history, it is possible to understand how different conceptions of Danishness all interacted to craft a very specific image of Danish ethnicity. This thesis first looks at the history of identity studies themselves, and how the understanding and definitions of ethnicity have shifted across disciplines. It then applies