Sökning: "Place names"

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  1. 1. Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea

    Master-uppsats,

    Författare :Christina Fagerström; [2023-08-17]
    Nyckelord :The labyrinth-symbol; labyrinth monuments; Trojaborg; Jerusalem; Middle Age Catholic Europe; pilgrimages; the Baltic Sea; the Northern crusades; navigatio; mission; the mendicant friars; the Fourth Lateran Church Council; fish markets;

    Sammanfattning : Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Traduire la mémoire : La mémoire du Chambon-sur-Lignon entre 'foreignization' & 'domestication'

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Julia Lindholm; [2023]
    Nyckelord :historical memory; translation strategies; world war two; translation of historical memory; mémoire historique; stratégies de traduction; seconde guerre mondiale; traduction de mémoire historique;

    Sammanfattning : This paper examines how to translate the historical memory of Chambon-sur-Lignon in France, by analyzing the translation procedures used to transfer proper nouns (personal names, place names, names of organizations) and cultural references (historical, theological) from French to Swedish, on a scale between the strategies foreignization and domestication. The analysis is based on our own translation of three source texts from the book La Montagne refuge. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Traces of Iron Age activities at Kullen - A New Synthesis

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Karolina Jacobsen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :iron age; Scania; kullaberg; kullen; social structures; GIS; spatial analysis; assemblage theory; affordance theory; entanglement theory; power; resources; older remains; social roles; sites; functions; landscape archaeology; social; culture; activities; cultural landscapes; historical legacies; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : Kullen has had a huge gap in knowledge about the Iron Age period. This thesis offers a new synthesis to close this gap in knowledge of the Iron Age period in the region. The aim of this study was to gain more knowledge about the Iron Age and the activities during this period in the areas. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Mellannorrlands sakrala ortnamn : De förkristna sakrala ortnamnens funktion och innebörd

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Författare :Tove Norkvist; [2023]
    Nyckelord :onomastik; sakrala ortnamn; kultplatskontinuitet;

    Sammanfattning : Denna uppsats ämnar diskutera de mellannorrländska sakrala ortnamnens funktion och innebörd. Den forskning som har gjorts inom ämnet tidigare har fokuserat på huruvida ett ortnamn är sakralt eller ej och om det kan ha skett en kultplatskontinuitet. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Stenbyar & fornborgar : En korrelationsstudie av ortnamnet Stenby och fornborgar i östra Mellansverige

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Författare :Kerstin Jensen-Urstad; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Stenby; placenames; Mälar Valley region; hillfort; hilltop settlement; Migration Period; landscape;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on the observation that in the Lake Mälaren region, places with the name Stenby ("stone village") tend to be located next to hillforts. I have researched the occurrence of the place name Stenby with medieval evidence for the name in eastern central Sweden and found sixteen that are located in the Mälaren Valley region. LÄS MER