"Thegns in the Danelaw: a case for Scandinavian usage of the term in 10-11th century England"
Channel: Denis Sukhino-Khomenko
Date: 2017-10-15

This is a recording of my presentation at the "Viking World: Diversity and Change" conference at the University of Nottingham (July 2nd, 2016).
It is a development of my previous touch on the topic, presented at the Student Symposium on Viking and Medieval Scandinavian Subjects 2016 (Aarhus University) in March of that same year.  The presentation puts a special emphasis on the historiographical situation and suggests a novel methodological approach. It also addresses the possibility of the Old English influence upon the Old Norse in the usage of the word "thegn". Following the further research, carried out since March, it proposes the Danelaw as a possible contact zone rather than a region of a confined Scandinavian influence.

A PPT file of the presentation is available at https://www.academia.edu/26671308/Thegns_in_the_Danelaw_a_case_for_Scandinavian_usage_of_the_term_in_the_10-11th_century_England

I'm very grateful to the organisers and the team of the conference, they did a top-rate job.