Medievalists.net » Sweden http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Stable isotopes as indicators of change in the food procurement and food preference of Viking Age and Early Christian populations on Gotland (Sweden) http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/stable-isotopes-as-indicators-of-change-in-the-food-procurement-and-food-preference-of-viking-age-and-early-christian-populations-on-gotland-sweden/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/stable-isotopes-as-indicators-of-change-in-the-food-procurement-and-food-preference-of-viking-age-and-early-christian-populations-on-gotland-sweden/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2015 02:00:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61843 In short, the end of the Viking Age may have involved a suite of environmental, economic, and sociocultural changes, yet despite these changes practices of food preference and food procurement were maintained within the coastal site of Ridanas. Our research contributes to archaeological th

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/stable-isotopes-as-indicators-of-change-in-the-food-procurement-and-food-preference-of-viking-age-and-early-christian-populations-on-gotland-sweden/feed/ 0 How Much Taxes Did a Medieval Peasant Pay? The numbers from Sweden http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/16/how-much-taxes-did-a-medieval-peasant-pay-the-numbers-from-sweden/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/16/how-much-taxes-did-a-medieval-peasant-pay-the-numbers-from-sweden/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:38:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59790 A new study on taxation in late medieval Sweden has revealed fascinating details about how much peasants had to pay to the royal government in taxes.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/16/how-much-taxes-did-a-medieval-peasant-pay-the-numbers-from-sweden/feed/ 0 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 Parental Grief and Prayer in the Middle Ages: Religious Coping in Swedish Miracle Stories http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/parental-grief-and-prayer-in-the-middle-ages-religious-coping-in-swedish-miracle-stories/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/parental-grief-and-prayer-in-the-middle-ages-religious-coping-in-swedish-miracle-stories/#comments Tue, 26 May 2015 22:50:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58449 This article focuses on expressions of bereavement and religious coping in medieval miracle stories from Sweden.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/parental-grief-and-prayer-in-the-middle-ages-religious-coping-in-swedish-miracle-stories/feed/ 0 Viking dragon’s head discovered in Sweden http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/21/viking-dragons-head-discovered-in-sweden/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/21/viking-dragons-head-discovered-in-sweden/#comments Thu, 21 May 2015 14:27:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58318 Archaeologists from Sweden and Germany have discovered a little dragon's head while digging in the port of the Viking town of Birka near Stockholm.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/21/viking-dragons-head-discovered-in-sweden/feed/ 0 The building of Castles and the administration of Sweden http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/the-building-of-castles-and-the-administration-of-sweden/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/the-building-of-castles-and-the-administration-of-sweden/#comments Sun, 10 May 2015 20:27:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58178 Throughout Sweden the King began to build castles on the basis of foreign models in the middle of the 13th century. It is about the new art of castle building under Anglo-Norman and German influence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/the-building-of-castles-and-the-administration-of-sweden/feed/ 0 The Rök Stone – Riddles and answers http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/02/the-rok-stone-riddles-and-answers/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/02/the-rok-stone-riddles-and-answers/#comments Sun, 03 May 2015 04:18:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57985 Challenges to the mind were popular at the Frankish court at the time of the Rök Stone. Due to the political situation in Scandinavia at that time the stone was made in a combined Swedish and international context. The methods of the stone are clearly influenced by the Frankish renaissance initiated by Alcuin of York.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/02/the-rok-stone-riddles-and-answers/feed/ 0 Of thieves, counterfeiters and homicides: crime in Hedeby and Birka http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/21/of-thieves-counterfeiters-and-homicides-crime-in-hedeby-and-birka/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/21/of-thieves-counterfeiters-and-homicides-crime-in-hedeby-and-birka/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:14:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57754 Material evidence of prehistoric crime is rare. A compilation of finds from Hedeby harbour however offers three case studies, where three different offences – thievery, counterfeiting and homicide – are likely.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/21/of-thieves-counterfeiters-and-homicides-crime-in-hedeby-and-birka/feed/ 0 The Medieval Saints of Sweden and Denmark http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/30/the-medieval-saints-of-sweden-and-denmark/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/30/the-medieval-saints-of-sweden-and-denmark/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:24:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57266 There is a clear link between the celebration of native saints and the ecclesiastical organisation that emerged in Scandinavia in the 12th century. Yet, according to a new doctoral thesis in history from the University of Gothenburg, important differences can be noted between Sweden and Denmark.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/30/the-medieval-saints-of-sweden-and-denmark/feed/ 0 Witchcraft Trials In Sweden: With Neighbours Like These, Who Needs Enemies?! http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/19/witchcraft-trials-sweden-neighbours-like-needs-enemies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/19/witchcraft-trials-sweden-neighbours-like-needs-enemies/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:02:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55502 Everyone has “that” neighbour on their floor, or street who they’d secretly love to move to Mars and never see again. Well, the Early Modern Swedes had a way of dealing with those kinds of nasty neighbours…

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