Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues

The following pages present a survey of the century-old, fairly heated debate over the most famous runic forgery of all time known as the Kensington inscription, from the name of the place where it was found at the very end of the nineteenth century by a Swedish farmer in the “Scandinavian” state of...

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Main Author: Christophe Bord
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2011-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acs/926
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description The following pages present a survey of the century-old, fairly heated debate over the most famous runic forgery of all time known as the Kensington inscription, from the name of the place where it was found at the very end of the nineteenth century by a Swedish farmer in the “Scandinavian” state of Minnesota.Although crushing new evidence speaking against the authenticity of the monument surfaced a few years ago, a group of unwavering believers are still championing the cause of what they see as irrefutable proof of Scandinavian presence in the heart of the New World a century ahead of Columbus. We also suggest some of the (subconscious) causes of their “faith”.
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découverte de l’Amérique
émigration scandinave vers l’Amérique du Nord
nordiques
runes
title Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues
title_full Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues
title_fullStr Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues
title_full_unstemmed Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues
title_short Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues
title_sort kensington ou tintin au pays des runologues
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contrefaçon
découverte de l’Amérique
émigration scandinave vers l’Amérique du Nord
nordiques
runes
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