An arena for higher powers : : ceremonial buildings and religious strategies for rulership in late Iron Age Scandinavia / / by Olof Sundqvist.

In An Arena for Higher Powers Olof Sundqvist investigates ceremonial buildings and religious ruler strategies in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (i.e. AD 550-1050/1100). The author offers here an account of the role played by religion in political undertakings among the pre-Christian ruling elites at hall...

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Superior document:Numen Book Series, Volume 150
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of religions ; Volume 150.
Physical Description:1 online resource (661 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Three Areas of Investigation and their Political Leaders
  • 3 Religious Strategies for Political Authorization—A Case Study
  • 4 Ceremonial Buildings and Sanctuaries
  • 5 The Religious Leadership of the Sanctuaries and the Economic System
  • 6 The Ritual Structure of the Sanctuaries and Cosmic Symbolism
  • 7 The Relation between Rulers and Cultic Images
  • 8 Sacred Sites, Ritual Restrictions and Religious Strategies for Rulership
  • 9 Ceremonial Feasts as Ritual Strategies
  • 10 Rulers, Rings and Rituals—From Svetjud to Iceland and Back Again
  • 11 Golden Objects as Media of Power
  • 12 Ceremonial Buildings, Great Burial Mounds, and the Worship of Dead Rulers
  • 13 The Arenas for Royal Funeral Feasts and Inauguration Rituals
  • 14 (Inter-)Regional Chief Sanctuaries as a Religious Strategy for Rulership
  • 15 Valhǫll, Ceremonial Buildings and Warrior Lords
  • 16 Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.