Sökning: "beowulf"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade ordet beowulf.

  1. 1. A unified account of the Old English metrical line

    Författare :Andrew Cooper; Nils-Lennart Johannesson; Nigel Fabb; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; metrical phonology; Old English; Anglo-Saxon; syntax-phonology interface; accentual-syllabic; hypermetric; beowulf; optimality metrics; quantitative verse; English; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study describes the verse design of Old English poetry in terms of modern phonological theory, developing an analysis which allows all OE verse lines to be described in terms of single metrical design.Old English poetry is typified by a single type of line of variable length, characterised by four metrical peaks. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Härskare i liv och död. Social exklusivitet och maktstrategi i Vänerbygd under yngre järnålder

    Författare :Annelie Nitenberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Sunnerby investigations; Archaeology; Runic inscriptions; Beowulf; Ynglingatal; Late Iron Age; Västergötland; Burials; Large mounds; Settlements; Social and political elite; Power; Materiality; Practice; Micro Archaeology; Posthumanist theories;

    Sammanfattning : Between 2000 and 2012, archaeological investigations were conducted in Sunnerby at Kållandsö. A large mound from the Vendel period, an elite settlement from the late Iron Age/Medieval Times, as well as the remains of a medieval church are some of the contexts investigated. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Från stenkrigare till borgjarl : Befästningskonsten i östra Sverige, 375-750 e.Kr

    Författare :Anders Bornfalk Back; Anders Kaliff; Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson; Ingrid Ystgaard; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iron Age; pre-Viking Age; Scandinavia; Sweden; fortification; architecture; martial; landscape; war; warfare; järnålder; Skandinavien; Sverige; borg; befästning; befästningskonst; arkitektur; landskap; krig; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The main fortification tradition of pre-Viking Age eastern Sweden consisted of defensive walls built in an advanced dry-stone technique, some including internal timber-lacing and supporting earthen banks. Erected on mountain crests, hillocks, plains and shorelines, these constructions were part of the martial landscape of an immensely transformative period in Scandinavian Iron Age. LÄS MER