Sökning: "runestones"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade ordet runestones.
1. Fäderneslandets antikviteter : Etnoterritoriella historiebruk och integrationssträvanden i den svenska statsmaktens antikvariska verksamhet ca 1600–1720
Sammanfattning : The National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet) and Collegium Antiquitatum were established during the seventeenth century to safeguard the historical and antiquarian interests of the Swedish state. The civil servants who worked within these institutions were called antiquarians, and they were given the task of seeking out those ancient remains with which ”the fatherland could be illustrated. LÄS MER
2. Visuella textkonventioner i den tidiga vikingatidens runristningar
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines visual text conventions in the Nordic runic material from the early Viking Age and shows that visual meanings, as well as linguistic ones, can increase understanding of this complicated material. The thesis also provides a corpus of early Viking Age runic texts. The thesis comprises three investigations. LÄS MER
3. Den synliga tron : Runstenskors som en spegling av kristnandet i Sverige
Sammanfattning : One of the aims of this dissertation is to classify the crosses that can be found on the Late Viking Age runestones of Scandinavia. The cross-incised runestones are analysed in relation to the overall runestone production of Scandinavia during the Late Viking Age, with a focus on Sweden. LÄS MER
4. Hästarnas land : Aristokratisk hästhållning och ridkonst i Svealands yngre järnålder
Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to discuss aristocratic horse-keeping and riding in Late Iron Age central Svealand (e. 550-1060 AD). Horse keeping is studied against the background of historical sources. Horses have been kept out of doors all year round in many areas, with or without human supervision. LÄS MER
5. Huvudgårdar och herravälden : En studie av småländsk medeltid
Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the medieval nobility and its manors in the inland of Småland. The problems tackled in the dissertation may be divided into two major complexes. LÄS MER