Sökning: "ancient Scandinavian religion"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden ancient Scandinavian religion.

1. 1. Från ritualiserad tradition till institutionaliserad religion : Strategier för maktlegitimering på Gotland under järnålder och medeltid

   Författare :Torsten Blomkvist; Britt-Mari Näsström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Gotland; religion; ritualised tradition; ancestor worship; oral tradition; power; genealogies; legitimacy of power; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation has two principal aims. The first is to critically discuss the concept of an ancient Scandinavian religion. The second one is to create, from the terms ritualised tradition and (institutionalised) religion a theory of social change on Gotland during the Late Iron Age and the Middle Ages. LÄS MER

3. 2. Freyr's offspring : Rulers and religion in ancient Svea society

   Författare :Olof Sundqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; rulership ideology; ancient Scandinavian religion; Svear; genealogies; legitimacy of power; redistribution system; sacral kingship; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This study attempts to elucidate the relationship between rulers and religion among the Svear of the Late Iron Age. Previous research has to a large extent followed the paradigm of sacral kingship when interpreting the Scandinavian sources. LÄS MER

4. 3. Gudarnas platser : Förkristna sakrala ortnamn i Mälarlandskapen

   Författare :Per Vikstrand; Svante Strandberg; Bente Holmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; onomastics; place-names; toponymy; ancient Scandinavian religion; sacral names; holy places; Sweden; Uppland; Södermanland; Västmanland; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is the employment of a material-based investigation to create a platform for further research into sacral place-names in Scandinavia. The objective has been to delimit and evaluate a corpus of potential sacral place-names within an area selected for study, i.e. LÄS MER

5. 4. Västergötlands kristnande : religionsskifte och gravskickets förändring 700-1200 : The Christianisation of Västergötland. Changing religion and mortuary practice AD 700-1200

   Författare :Claes Theliander; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; change of religion; mortuary practice; graves; critical realism; existentialism; early medieval; iron age; Sweden; Västergötland;

   Sammanfattning : In my PhD-thesis I present issues that deal with the transformation of ancient Scandinavian religion into Christianity, a transformation which is evident in the mortuary practices from 8th to 12th century AD in the region of Västergötland, in western Sweden. In part one I discuss and evaluate the relevant theoretical and methodological considerations and formulate a critical realistic and existential inspired archaeology. LÄS MER