Anders Andrén

This is the first truly global survey of the relationship between artifacts and texts from historiographical, methodological, and analytical perspectives. It analyzes the crucial relationship between material culture and writing in ancient societies, employing examples from twelve major disciplines in historical archaeology and summarizing their role in five global methodological approaches. It is valuable reading for advanced (under/post) graduate students, and instructors in any historical archaeological subject.

Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective

Between Artifacts and Texts

Catharina Raudvere

Kristina Jennbert

I dag assosieres den førkristne nordiske mytologien ofte med politisk ekstremisme, ikke minst i internasjonal sammenheng. Synet på den nordiske mytologien komplekst og vanskelig å håndtere, i motsetning til den greske mytologien som virker mindre ladet. I denne boken diskuterer forfatterene hvordan synet på det nordiske mytologien har forandret seg. Fra 1800-tallets slutt, da de gamle gudene både var politisk og estetisk gangbare, til dagens samfunn da mytene ofte er redusert til skolebokkunnskap. Forfatterene av boken er forskere innen religionshistorie og arkeologi. Denne boken er første bok i et tverrvitenskapelig prosjekt kalt "Vägar till Midgård". Har innholdsfortegnelse, forord, register og litteraturliste.

mellan romantik och politik

Myter om det nordiska

bilder av det förkristna Norden

Hedendomen i historiens spegel

The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, historians of religion as well as scholars of literature, onomastics and Scandinavian studies. For obvious reasons, these studies belong to the main curricula in Scandinavia but are also carried out at many other universities in Europe, the United States and Australia a fact that is evident to any reader of this book. In order to bring this broad and varied field of research together, an international conference on Old Norse religion was held in Lund in June 2004. About two hundred delegates from more than fifteen countries took part. The intention was to gather researchers to encourage and improve scholarly exchange and dialogue, and Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives presents a selection of the proceedings from that conference. The 75 contributions elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory as well as the reception and present-day use of Old Norse religion. The main editors of this volume have directed the multidisciplinary research project Roads to Midgard since 2000. The project is based at Lund University and funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.

Origins, Changes, and Interactions : an International Conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004

Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives

Old Norse religion is considered as one of the best-known pre-Christian religions in Europe, due to the rich and varied Icelandic literature from the 12th to the 14th century. Since the Icelandic texts are Christian there has been an ongoing debate regarding their value as sources for deeper knowledge about pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia. However, with the help of archaeology it is possible to show that some elements in the texts actually have a pagan origin. Archaeology can also be used to outline a history of Old Norse religion through time. The collection of essays is a thorough study of some fundamental cosmological elements in Old Norse religion, such as the sun, the world-tree and the concept of Midgard (i.e. Middle Earth). Andrén argues that representations of all these elements can be traces through images and material culture during different parts of Scandinavian prehistory. By studying the history of these representations it is possible to outline a long-term perspective on Old Norse religion, including periods of fundamental changes.

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