Bernard Mees's history traces volkisch and National Socialist runology as a real intellectual project, including the institutional runic research carried out under the SS, working from the documented history of that scholarship itself rather than from later popular reclamation of runes. That direct institutional and textual history, checkable against the specific researchers and programs it names, is the book's real evidentiary basis. This record has not independently traced further scholarly response to Mees's specific claims since 2008. Use it for the documented history of how runes were studied and politicized under National Socialism; it is not a source for the runes' own earlier, pre-modern historical use, which needs a dedicated runological source.
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Bernard Mees's history tracing volkisch and National Socialist runology as a documented intellectual project, including the institutional runic research carried out under the SS, working from the documented history of that scholarship itself. NotesHistory of volkisch and National Socialist runology as an intellectual project, including the institutional runic work carried out under the SS.
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AuthorBernard Mees
PublisherCentral European University Press
Publication Year2008
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (158 claims)
This source backs 158 claims across the atlas. As facts: 97 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds. Plus 52 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Runes, 75 claims: 51 well-attested, 24 general references.
- Younger Futhark Runes, 34 claims: 18 well-attested, 16 general references.
- Religious Symbols, 21 claims: 11 well-attested, 9 holds, 1 general references.
- Armanen Runes, 9 claims: 3 well-attested, 6 general references.
- Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Categories, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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97Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes
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General References
52Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes
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