EARLY MEDIEVAL CEMETERIES AND LIVING CONDITIONS IN SIGTUNA, SWEDEN
EARLY MEDIEVAL CEMETERIES AND LIVING CONDITIONS IN SIGTUNA, SWEDEN Kjellström, Anna & Wikström, Anders Paper given at the 4th International Congress of Medieval and Modern Archaeology…
A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago?
A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago? Lind, John H. (University of Southern Denmark, Odense) University of Paris,…
Medieval shipwreck found off Sweden – could be lost treasure ship of King Valdemar Atterdag
Swedish archaeologists have announced earlier this month the discovery what appears to be a medieval cog from built between the 12th and 14th…
A Viking Slave’s Saga
A Viking Slave’s Saga By Jan Fridegård, translated by Robert E. Bjork Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-86698-375-4 ACMRS…
Viking Fashions were provocative, historian finds
Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors – the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The…
COUNT IVAN ANŽ FRANKOPAN, THE ROYAL STEWARD OF THE ESTATE IN SWEDEN 1426 – 1434
COUNT IVAN ANŽ FRANKOPAN, THE ROYAL STEWARD OF THE ESTATE IN SWEDEN1426 – 1434 Ibler, Malden Croatian History (2005) Abstract Within the framework of…
Name Change as a Consequence of Monastic Ownership
Name Change as a Consequence of Monastic Ownership By Jan Agertz Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (2009) Abstract: The…
North-European Trading Centres and the Early Medieval Craftsman; Craftsmen at Åhus, north-eastern Scania, Sweden ca. AD 750-850+
The emergence and the further development of wics and trading places in Northern and North-western Europe (late 7th century to the 10th century) cannot be explained as the result of only one social and economic system.
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions Källström, Magnus 7th International Runic Symposium, Oslo (2010) Abstract The topic of Viking…
Less Favored – More Favored: Queenship and the Special Case of Margrete of Denmark, 1353-1412
Less Favored – More Favored: Queenship and the Special Case of Margrete of Denmark, 1353-1412 By Grethe Jacobsen Less Favored – More Favored:…
Scandinavia After the Fall of the Kalmar Union: A Study in Scandinavian Relations, 1523-1536
The balance of power and control shifted in Scandinavia as the Kalmar Union, which had joined Denmark, Norway and Sweden together under one king since 1397, crumbled in 1523.
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland Eilola, Jari MIRATOR ELOKUU/AUGUSTI/AUGUST…
Open access, nodal points, and central places. Maritime communication and locational principles for costal sites in South Scandinavia, 400-1200 AD
Open access, nodal points, and central places. Maritime communication and locational principles for costal sites in South Scandinavia, 400-1200 AD By Soren M. Sindbaek…
When the Inhabitants of Tornio Wrote to the Czar: the Sense of Belonging to the Swedish Kingdom in Northern Finland in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century
When the Inhabitants of Tornio Wrote to the Czar: the Sense of Belonging to the Swedish Kingdom in Northern Finland in the Beginning…
Pre – and protohistoric bread in Sweden : a definition and a review
Pre – and protohistoric bread in Sweden : a definition and a review By Ann-Marie Hansson Civilisations, Vol.49 (2002) Abstract: This article presents…
Attitudes Toward Nutrition and Health in the Ancient North
Attitudes Toward Nutrition and Health in the Ancient North By David Robertson Southern Medical Journal, Vol.71:12 (1978) Introduction: Medieval Scandinavia was a culture…
The Pagan Great Midwinter Sacrifice and the ‘royal’ mounds at Old Uppsala
The Pagan Great Midwinter Sacrifice and the ‘royal’ mounds at Old Uppsala Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture; Proceedings of the…
“I am the Creator”: Birgitta of Sweden’s Feminine Divine
“I am the Creator”: Birgitta of Sweden’s Feminine Divine Bruce, Yvonne Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract Critical…
How medieval peasants prayed – research from Sweden
When people belonging to peasant communities in late medieval Sweden prayed to God they usually stood up and put their palms together. That…
An island in the middle of an island: On cult, laws and authority in Viking Age Gotland
An island in the middle of an island: On cult, laws and authority in Viking Age Gotland By Nanouschka Myberg From Ephesos to…
Continental Women Mystics and English Readers
In 1406 Sir Henry later Lord Fitzhugh, trusted servant of King Henry IV, visited Vadstena, the Bridgettine monastery for men and women in Sweden. Vadstena was the mother-house of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour and had been founded by the controversial continental mystic St Bridget of Sweden, who had died in 1373 and had been canonized in Fitzhugh was so impressed by what he saw that he gave one of his manors near Cambridge as the future site for an English Bridgettine foundation.
The cultivated town – another perspective on urban life
The cultivated town – another perspective on urban life By Karin Lindeblad and Sofia Wennström Medieval Europe Paris 2007, 4th International Congress of…
Women and Cows – Ownership and Work in Medieval Sweden
In this paper, I will be looking at butter making as a woman’s occupation.
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Gävle:…
Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England
Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England By Alexandra Sanmark and Sarah Semple Fornvännen, Vol. 103 (2008) Abstract: This paper reviews…