Insiders and Outsiders: Theological ‘Landscaping’ in Early Medieval Provincial Laws in Norway
Torstein Jørgensen
In this volume two important veins of interdisciplinary research into the medieval period in Scandinavia and Baltic region are merged, namely Christianization process landscape studies. The authors approach common theme sacrality from such various viewpoints as archaeology, philology, history religion, theology, history, classical studies, art history. A all articles is a theoretical approach, complemented by illustrative case studies Scandinavian, Baltic, or Classical worlds. Aspects pagan well Christianity establishment early Church, considered within both geographical setting social landscape, while study maps, place names, settlement patterns introduces new methodologies perspectives to expose define sacral these regions. contributions put perspective comparison with landscapes Central Europe world.
Studies in the early Middle Ages