Medievalists.net » Gotland http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Laws about Weddings in Viking-Age Gotland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/27/the-laws-about-weddings-in-viking-age-gotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/27/the-laws-about-weddings-in-viking-age-gotland/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2015 03:47:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59254 An important source about daily-life in Viking-Age Scandinavia is Guta Lag, a set of laws from the Swedish island of Gotland. This includes details on how weddings were to be conducted.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/27/the-laws-about-weddings-in-viking-age-gotland/feed/ 0 Saga Motifs on Gotland Picture Stones: The Case of Hildr Högnadóttir http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/saga-motifs-on-gotland-picture-stones-the-case-of-hildr-hognadottir/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/saga-motifs-on-gotland-picture-stones-the-case-of-hildr-hognadottir/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:51:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39930 This article will only examine one of these legends, namely the ‘Hildr legend’ in the context of two of these stones, lärbro stora hammars  and stenkyrka smiss . An attempt will be made to place the images in a larger context than has been done before, and by doing so to strenghten the probability that they were indeed intended to refer to the original Hildr legend.

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