Sökning: "runestones"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 uppsatser innehållade ordet runestones.
1. De dog i Grekland : Skandinaviska runstenar och grekiska färder
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : Scandinavia has a rich history of the raising of runestones, monuments in stone of varying sizes for honoring the fallen. Among these there exist a group of runestones that mention a land far away from the cold winds of the north, the land of the Byzantine Empire, stretching from the Balkans to the edge of Anatolia with Greece at its center. LÄS MER
2. Swansong of the diphthong : Runic inscription orthography in 11th century Östergötland
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : The orthography of Östergötland’s 11th century runic inscriptions varies widely, in part due to the lack of spelling norms at the time. This thesis seeks to identify other causes for the observed variation, based on the frequency and distribution of aspects of inscription orthography. LÄS MER
3. Runstenen och skeppet : Platser med runsten och skeppssättning i Södermanland under sen vikingatid
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to get more knolwledge on a detailed level about places with runestones in close connection with a stone ship in the province of Södermanland. The knowledge touches upon questions how these places were created but also questions about why they were created through the theoretical perspective of cognitive archeology. LÄS MER
4. Skrytsamma runstenar från Uppland : Komparativ analys av uppländska runstenar med koppling till användandet av dagens sociala medier
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how economic and social status is demonstrated on a number of runestones that were erected sometime during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages in Uppsala Province and how these factors can be linked to today's use of social media. The aspect of the differences and similarities between the erection of the runestones and the present use of social media is also discussed. LÄS MER
5. Att mura in det förflutna i Herrens hus : Återbruk av runstenar och tidigkristna gravmonument i medeltida kyrkobyggnader i Östergötland
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : In this study the medieval re-use of early Christian grave monuments and runestones in church buildings in the Swedish region of Östergötland is analysed in relation to contemporary church imagery and practices. Analysis of the practice show differences in application, especially during the early parts of the medieval period, which suggests differences in meaning. LÄS MER
