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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المؤلف الرئيسي: Sundqvist, Olof.

التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني

اللغة: English

منشور في: Boston : Brill, 2015.

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

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رقم الطلب: BL863 .S85 2015

جدول المحتويات:
  • 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.