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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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Boston :
Brill,
2015.
Series:
Numen Book Series
150.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.
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Call Number: BL863 .S85 2015
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Three Areas of Investigation and their Political Leaders
- 3 Religious Strategies for Political Authorization-A Case Study
- 4 Ceremonial Buildings and Sanctuaries
- 5 The Religious Leadership of the Sanctuaries and the Economic System
- 6 The Ritual Structure of the Sanctuaries and Cosmic Symbolism
- 7 The Relation between Rulers and Cultic Images
- 8 Sacred Sites, Ritual Restrictions and Religious Strategies for Rulership
- 9 Ceremonial Feasts as Ritual Strategies
- 10 Rulers, Rings and Rituals-From Svetjud to Iceland and Back Again
- 11 Golden Objects as Media of Power
- 12 Ceremonial Buildings, Great Burial Mounds, and the Worship of Dead Rulers
- 13 The Arenas for Royal Funeral Feasts and Inauguration Rituals
- 14 (Inter-)Regional Chief Sanctuaries as a Religious Strategy for Rulership
- 15 Valhǫll, Ceremonial Buildings and Warrior Lords
- 16 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.