Sacred monuments and practices in the Baltic Sea region : new visits to old churches / by Janne Harjula [and four others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Harjula, Janne, editor.

Conference Name:

Conference on church archaeology in the Baltic Sea region (26th-30th August 2013 : Turku, Finland).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian antiquities.

Baltic Sea Region--History.

Baltic Sea Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This book represents the outcome of the "Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Region" held in August 2013 in Turku, Finland, which, in turn, had its roots in the long tradition of Scandinavian Symposia for Nordic Church Archaeology, started in 1981 in Denmark.During the past few decades, the scope of church archaeology has expanded immensely and can presently be described as a multifaceted field of research. This book represents a convincing testament to this development. Every chapter gives a distinctive perspective on the theme of sacred monuments and practices written by leading experts in this field. As such, this volume offers unique insights into the study of religious life and its material aspects in the Baltic Sea Region, made available for English-readers for the first time.

Contents:

Conspicuous architecture : medieval round churches in Scandinavia / Jes Wienberg

Danish church archaeology : the potential of redundant churches / Nils Engberg

Ristimäki in Ravattula : on the remains of the oldest known church in Finland / Juha Ruohonen

Continuity or change? selecting the sites for early medieval churches in Finland / Ville Laakso

"The travelling church" of Klaipėda town, Lithuania, in the historical and archaeological contexts / Raimonda Nabažaitė

The holy cross church of the Rauma Franciscan convent, Finland, in the sixteenth century / Tuula Hockman

Reawakening medieval tradition : the issue of stone churches in eighteenth-century Finland / Ella Viitaniemi

The fortified churches in Estonia as a refuge : myth or reality? / Kaur Alttoa

An unexpected apse, a medieval chancel screen and other finds from the church of Bälinge, Sweden / Herman Bengtsson, Joakim Kjellberg and Linda Qviström

Rose window : a dream or reality? / Anneli Randla

Reading the church : a communicative approach for understanding the Dubingiai Parish community, Lithuania, in the fifteenth-eighteenth centuries / Rimvydas Laužikas

From poor village church to prestige construction project : the dismantling of the medieval church at Mårup, Denmark / Thomas Bertelsen

Church arsons and arson attempts in Finland between 1990 and 2010 / Heidi Wirilander

Early medieval graves with weapon finds from the polish lands / Alina Wilczyńska-Żurawska

The cult of St. Olav in the Baltic region / Øystein Ekroll

Medieval and early modern marketplaces : sites of contacts, trade and religious activities / Timo Ylimaunu, Georg Haggrén, Risto Nurmi, Paul R. Mullins

An early modern triple burial from the Tartu St Mary's churchyard, Estonia / Martin Malve

Church art in the late middle ages and its influence on everyday life : devotional clay figurines from Silesia, Poland, and their gothic inspirations / Ewelina Kowalczyk

Figurine of a crowned virgin Mary and child in Turku, Finland / Virva Lompolo.

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ISBN:

1-5275-0970-2

OCLC:

1259111974