tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post4421450218909785001..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: St Oda the Good: Son of a Viking, Forger of Broken SwordsClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-71147149629891782102016-06-04T13:56:51.379+01:002016-06-04T13:56:51.379+01:00That's a fascinating question! It's diffic...That's a fascinating question! It's difficult to say how Oda and his family would have seen themselves, but their Danish connections may well explain their activity in East Anglia and in York (Oda's nephew Oswald and his relative Oskytel were both archbishops of York), as if they felt or were perceived to have a particular affinity with areas of Scandinavian settlement.<br /><br />Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-51984862474323668872016-06-02T08:24:34.701+01:002016-06-02T08:24:34.701+01:00Thanks very much for this! I wasn't aware of O...Thanks very much for this! I wasn't aware of Oda previously. I've been thinking a lot about Viking Christian identity in Anglo-Saxon England recently. Asser's categorisation of English as 'Christiani' and Vikings as 'pagani' comes to mind - obviously after their conversion, people like Guthram and Oda ceased to be the latter, even though they continued to be 'not Samvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717861729169162099noreply@blogger.com