Sökning: "Viking Period"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 59 avhandlingar innehållade orden Viking Period.

  1. 21. Steel as the Answer? : Viking Bodies, Power, and Masculinity in Anglophone Fantasy Literature 2006–2016

    Författare :Anna Bark Persson; Ulla Manns; Ann-Sofie Lönngren; Maria Lindgren Leavenworth; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vikings; the North; the Nordics; masculinity; fantasy literature; queer reading; temporality; postfeminism; embodiment; vikingar; Norden; maskulinitet; fantasylitteratur; queer läsning; temporalitet; postfeminism; kroppslighet; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; genusvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the motif of the popular Viking in contemporary Anglophone fantasy literature, with a focus on masculinity, power, embodiment,and sexuality. The study draws on queer-theoretical perspectives on masculinity and the method of queer reading, and approaches the Viking as at once bound up with the legitimization of normative and hegemonic forms of masculinity and open to (queer) negotiations and possibilities beyond normative male masculinities. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Mellan gåva och marknad : handel, tillit och materiell kultur under vikingatid

    Författare :Ingrid Gustin; Historisk arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient history; contextual archaeology; identity; style; trust; iconicity; penannular brooches; weights; the Baltic Sea area; Birka; emporium; port-of-trade; Polanyi; exchange; Viking Age; trade; Antikens och forntidens historia; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The view of the exchange and trade that took place during the Viking Age has varied considerably. This variation is obvious from a scrutiny of how one and the same place, Birka, is described by different scholars over a period of a hundred years. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Landscape Dynamics : Spatial analyses of villages and farms on Gotland AD 200-1700

    Författare :Gustaf Svedjemo; Frands Herschend; Helene Martinsson-Wallin; Jan Henrik Fallgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gotland; Archaeology; History; Historical maps; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Middle Ages; Village; Village formation; Farm; Settlement archaeology; Spatial analyses; GIS; Prediction modelling.; Gotland; Arkeologi; Historia; Historiska kartor; Romersk järnålder; Folkvandringstid; By; Bybildning; Gård; Bebyggelsearkeologi; rumsliga analyser; GIS; Geografiska informationssystem; prediktionsmodellering;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the long-term dynamics and fluctuations of settlements on Gotland for the period from AD 200 up until early modern times. The settlement structure on Gotland is most often described as very stable and consisting of solitary farms, established in the Iron Age. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Under runristad häll : Tidigkristna gravmonument i 1000-talets Sverige

    Författare :Cecilia Ljung; Torun Zachrisson; Anders Andrén; Peter Carelli; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early Christian grave monument; Eskilstunakista; runestone; Christianisation; burial customs; churchyard; commemoration; ecclesiastical organisation; Viking Age; early Middle Ages; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines transformations in burial and commemorative practices during the late Viking Age and early Middle Ages based on early Christian grave monuments (in sw. often named Eskilstunakistor); the first examples of churchyard memorials known in south central Sweden. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Den yngre järnålderns gravskick i Uppland : Framväxten av den arkeologiska bilden och en materialitet i förändring

    Författare :Jhonny Therus; Neil Price; Frands Herschend; Anders Kaliff; Alison Klevnäs; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Late Iron Age; Viking Age; burial practice; bridging practice; monument gravity; historical gravity; grave; memory; hǫrgr; amulet ring; cosmology; cremation; Christianization; settlement archaeology; mortuary behaviour; dispersed burial; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines archaeological approaches to burials and changing mortuary practices during the Late Iron Age (c. 500-1100 AD) in central Eastern Sweden. Understanding the change in mortuary practices is fundamental to the study of the Late Iron Age. LÄS MER