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1	Obscure Creatures: the ambiguous nature of the Urnes stave church carvings Snow, Andrea C. 01 May 2016 (has links) This paper explores the framing of Christianity through Old Norse religion via material culture as exhibited by the iconography of the façade of the stave church at Urnes, Lustrafjord, Norway. This paper addresses fluidity between belief systems while considering the geographical origins of the façade’s carvers, the performativity of the structure’s imagery in relation to its proximity from the hamlet at Urnes, Eddic poetry, and the inherently religious social practices of Old Norse religion. It suggests that although the carvings have been interpreted as Christian imagery that is executed in a Viking Age or Late Iron Age style, they are more believably read as pagan in content. This is explored through analysis of the interoperability of Christianity and Old Norse religion during the early years of Norwegian conversion. conversion eikthyrnir fenrir iconography paganism urnes stave church
2	Kyrkorna i Silte : Om kyrkobyggnader och kyrkofynd från det tidigmedeltida Gotland / The churches in Silte : On church buildings and church finds from early medieval Gotland Hultberg, Adam January 2015 (has links) This paper looks to examine the relationship between the church buildings and archaeological finds from under the church floor in Silte parish on the baltic isle, Gotland. The material was excavated in 1971-1972, after evidence of an older wooden church was uncovered during restoration work. This older structure, revealed to have consisted of a chancel and choir, had evidently been connected to the present stone choir for some time. The well preserved foundation was excavated along with a rich archeological material consisting of, amongst other things, some 1700 coins and 18 graves along with skeletal material indicating an additional 25 individuals. In this thesis the material and the buildings are put into context and an attempt is made to link it to different phases of christianization. One connecting to the timbered stave church, and one to the later stone church. The results are then used to make a connection between this development and the formation of the parish system on the island and the increased stratification of church and society during the early Middle Ages in Sweden and Scandinavia. Stave-church church christianization parish Gotland Scandinavia graves coins Stavkyrka kyrka kristianisering socken Gotland Skandinavien gravar mynt Archaeology Arkeologi

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Obscure Creatures: the ambiguous nature of the Urnes stave church carvings

Kyrkorna i Silte : Om kyrkobyggnader och kyrkofynd från det tidigmedeltida Gotland / The churches in Silte : On church buildings and church finds from early medieval Gotland