An arena for higher powers : ceremonial buildings and religious strategies for rulership in late Iron Age Scandinavia /

In An Arena for Higher Powers Olof Sundqvist investigates ceremonial buildings and religious ruler strategies in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (i.e. AD 550-1050/1100). The author offers here an account of the role played by religion in political undertakings among the pre-Christian ruling elites at hall...

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Main Author: Sundqvist, Olof.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2015.

Series: Numen Book Series 150.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Religion and politics > Scandinavia > History.

Scandinavia > Religion.

Scandinavia > Kings and rulers > Religious life.

Scandinavia > Antiquities.