Christianisation of Scandinavia
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The meeting of old tradition and religion with Christianity has been described and interpreted in different ways. An one end, some see a harsh break, the two sides clashing and Christianity more or less violently overcoming the old ways.... more
This is the presentation that I give within the course "Medeltidens Europa" at the University of Gothenburg. The 60-minute lecture (40+20 minutes) is followed by group work in which students try their hand in medieval source criticism and... more
Summary. Seven small tiles of green porphyry and one of serpentine have been found in Sigtuna. They are likely to have been used in portable altars. This high number is unique in Scandinavia and can only be compared with six porphyry... more
This paper questions how prevalent Christianity was in Sweden by the time the King of the Swedes officially converted in c. 1008, using mortuary evidence. Burials are used as evidence for practice rather than identity. I summarise and... more
"Under perioden 11 oktober till 22 december 2010 utförde Arkeologikonsult en slutundersökning av gravfältet Spånga 193:1-2 i norra Stockholm. Gravfältet har av allt att döma hört till den före detta byn Rissne. Undersökningen... more
During the 1972 rescue excavation prior to a motorway construction project in the Swedish region of Södermanland, a previously unknown Viking Age burial ground was found near the farmstead of Årby in Turinge parish. The find included some... more
Until the end of the 12th century Mecklenburg-region belonged to the Slavic dominated areas of the southern Baltic region, which remained in pagan believe. Christianity established itself finally with the immigration of Christian settlers... more
The aim of this paper is to discuss some aspects of early Christianity in Rus', especially the role played by people of Scandinavian descent, known until the end of the tenth century as Rus' and subsequently as Varangians, and whether... more
"Abstract: "Whenever discussing the Christianization of Scandinavia, the Lake Mälaren area comes into mind. A large number of rural burial grounds with early Christian graves has been excavated, making this region an ideal point of... more
Posterpräsentation zu den Bremer Welterbetagen 2022
In this text, it is argued that we need to take the issue of alterity seriously to avoid categorizing the post-burial practices into contemporary western dichotomizing concepts. Inspired from recent research within the “ontological turn”... more
För äldre forskning om Mälarområdets kristnande har Adam av Bremens skrift om ärkestiftet Hamburg-Bremens historia från 1070-talets mitt haft stor betydelse. Det av Adam beskrivna hednatemplet i (Gamla) Uppsala uppfattades länge som en... more
The Viking Age and early medieval period in Denmark was marked by extensive social, political and religious change but also strong continuity. Following the Conversion to Christianity old norms and beliefs were gradually replaced by new... more
„Þá gaf hann Þór hamarinn ok sagði, at hann myndi mega ljósta svá stórt sem hann vildi, hvat sem fyrir væri, at eigi myndi hamarrinn bila, ok ef hann yrpi honum til, þá myndi hann aldri missa ok aldri fljúga svá langt, at eigi myndi hann... more
2018. ‘Processes of Religious Change in Late-Iron Age Gotland: Rereading, Spatialisation, and Enculturation’, in Place and Space in the Medieval World, ed. Meg Boulton, Heidi Stoner, and Jane Hawkes. Routledge Research in Art History 1... more
As a result of the publication of some major excavations in Sigtuna, we are now able to make firm contextual and functional interpretations of the various early medieval town plots. We can also evaluate the different parts of the town for... more
Presented at:
- August 2015: the ‘Sixteenth International Saga Conference’ (Universität Zürich/Universität Basel, Switzerland)
- October 2015: the ‘Perspectives on the Sagas’ Seminar (Aarhus Universitet, Denmark)
- August 2015: the ‘Sixteenth International Saga Conference’ (Universität Zürich/Universität Basel, Switzerland)
- October 2015: the ‘Perspectives on the Sagas’ Seminar (Aarhus Universitet, Denmark)
Nærmer man sig det arkæologiske museum i Frankfurt, mødes man af synet af en smuk gammel klosterbygning opført af Karmeliterordenen. Selve klosteret er fra ca. 1240, og opførelsen af dets gotiske kirke startede i 1270. Det monumentale og... more
Snorri Sturluson, Le saghe dei re di Norvegia V, Óláfs saga Helga. Introduzione, traduzione e commento a cura di Francesco Sangriso, Edizioni dell'Orso
Burial Customs and ritual practice in Setesdal, South Norway in the Iron Age.
With English summary.
With English summary.
There is a growing acceptance that pre-Christian religion in the Nordic region was not a single monolithic cultural system, but rather varied along a range of geographic, social, temporal, and even cognitive axes. Despite this, relatively... more
"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there". These are Leslie Pole Hartley's famous words. Traces of bygone cultures appear to us in landscape and objects, and reveals not only cultures very different from our own,... more
Dissertation presented at Uppsala University, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Full text PDF Link: http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1304837&dswid=3468 Abstract Therus, J. 2019. Den... more
In the grounds of the present-day Sigtuna Museum, which occupies a central location in the town, extensive evidence of an early Christian milieu has been found, comprising a cemetery and the foundations of a stone church. It is assumed... more
"Abstract: "Whenever discussing the Christianization of Scandinavia, the Lake Mälaren area comes into mind. A large number of rural burial grounds with early Christian graves has been excavated, making this region an ideal point of... more
Presented April 2009, at the ‘Within Reach: European Peripheries in the Middle Ages’ Conference (University of Leeds, U.K.)