Essays about: "medieval Scandinavia"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words medieval Scandinavia.
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1. An Archaeology of the Invisible? Tracing Poverty and its Ideology in the Viking Age and Urban Settlements
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Publications have recently drawn attention to archaeology’s historically predominant focus on prestige items and the elite, highlighting the need for a greater focus on society’s lower classes. A few studies have discussed how, or even whether poverty can be addressed in historical archaeology. READ MORE
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2. Late use of chipped stone tools: A case study of Viking age and Medieval material from middle Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Stone tools define earlier prehistory but the extent of their usage in later periods remains uncertain, as the archaeological community tends to focus on trademark materials from respective time periods. Accordingly, usage of chipped stone such as quartz and flint in later periods, tends to be ignored or regarded as residual from earlier Stone age activities, resulting in that valuable knowledge is lost. READ MORE
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3. Liminal urbanity: Wars, connections and material culture in early modern Helsingborg
University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologiAbstract : In the 1600s, Helsingborg was a small market town with great importance as a transport and trade connection between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. Caught in the middle between two empires, Denmark and Sweden, the lives of Helsingborg residents were affected by wars, plagues and political disturbances. READ MORE
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4. Västergarn Boat Rivets in Context : Case Study : The Missing Boatyard
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Gotland has a rich material cultural heritage from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages thanks to the island's strategic location in the middle of the Baltic Sea; especially true for the Viking Age when Gotlanders had extensive trade contacts with the east dating from the mid 12th century and Gotland’s economy was dominated by such contacts. This essay deals with Gotland's maritime infrastructure and its development between about 1100 and 1400 based on a case study of boat rivets from the medieval settlement of Västergarn. READ MORE
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5. The Gotlandic rural militia : A study of the invasion of Gotland 1361 in response to a modern narrative
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : De moderna beskrivningarna av Gotlands invasion 1361 delar ett ofta använt narrativ, där de gotländska och danska arméerna beskrivs som motsatser. Den danska armén sägs ha bestått av proffs, som var välutbildade och välutrustade. READ MORE