Making the Profane Sacred in the Viking Age - Irene Garcia Losquino
Essays in Honour of Stefan Brink
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2020Uitgever: Brepols Publishers336 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 250358604XISBN-13: 9782503586045Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary The term 'sacred' is often used in relation to the pre-Christian religions of Iron Age and medieval Scandinavia. But what did sacred really mean? What made something sacred for people? Why was one particular person, place, act, or text perceived to hold a sacral quality, while others remained profane? And what impact did such sacrality have on wider society, culture, politics, and economics, both for contemporaries and for future generations? This volume seeks to engage with such questions by draw...
