Tracing the Jerusalem Code: Volume 1: The Holy City 
Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100–1536)

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2021

Tracing the Jerusalem Code

Volume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100–1536)

Edited by: Kristin B. Aavitsland and Line M. Bonde

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110639438

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With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image – or rather the imagination – of Jerusalem in the religious, political, and artistic cultures of Scandinavia through most of the second millennium. Jerusalem is conceived as a code to Christian cultures in Scandinavia. The first volume is dealing with the different notions of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages.

Tracing the Jerusalem Code in three volumes
Volume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100–1536)
Volume 2: The Chosen People Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536–ca. 1750)
Volume 3: The Promised Land Christian Cultures in Modern Scandinavia (ca. 1750–ca. 1920)

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Kristin B. Aavitsland and Line M. Bonde, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo, Norway.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
List of Maps and Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	XI
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	XVII
Editorial comments for all three volumes Open Access Download PDF	XIX
Prelude Kristin B. Aavitsland, Eivor Andersen Oftestad and Ragnhild Johnsrud Zorgati Open Access Download PDF	1
Introductions: Jerusalem in Medieval Scandinavia
Chapter 1 Jerusalem: Navel of the Storyworld in Medieval Scandinavia Kristin B. Aavitsland Open Access Download PDF	12
Chapter 2 Re-Naming Jerusalem: A Note on Associative Etymology in the Vernacular North Klaus Johan Myrvoll Open Access Download PDF	42
Chapter 3 Translatio Templi: A Conceptual Condition for Jerusalem References in Medieval Scandinavia Eivor Andersen Oftestad Open Access Download PDF	49
Part I: Kings, Crusaders, and Jerusalem Relics: Strategies of Legitimation, Models of Authority
Chapter 4 Jerusalem and the Christianization of Norway Bjørn Bandlien Open Access Download PDF	59
Chapter 5 Scandinavian Holy Kings in the Nativity Church of Bethlehem Øystein Ekroll Open Access Download PDF	86
Chapter 6 The Saint and the Wry-Neck: Norse Crusaders and the Second Crusade Pål Berg Svenungsen Open Access Download PDF	95
Chapter 7 Historia de Profectione Danorum in Hierosolymam: A Journey to the Lost Jerusalem Ane L. Bysted Open Access Download PDF	132
Chapter 8 Importing Jerusalem: Relics of the True Cross as Political Legitimation in Early Twelfth-Century Denmark and Norway Lukas Raupp Open Access Download PDF	140
Chapter 9 The Crown of Thorns and the Royal Office in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Scandinavia Lena Liepe Open Access Download PDF	166
Part II: The Holy City: Travels, Perceptions, and Interactions
Chapter 10 From Nidaros to Jerusalem; from Feginsbrekka to Mount Joy Anthony Bale Open Access Download PDF	191
Chapter 11 Scandinavian Pilgrims and the Churches of the Holy Land in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Denys Pringle Open Access Download PDF	198
Chapter 12 Physical and Spiritual Travel across the Christian Storyworld: Leiðarvísir, an Old Norse Itinerary to Jerusalem Stefka G. Eriksen Open Access Download PDF	218
Chapter 13 The Locus of Truth: St Birgitta of Sweden and the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Maria H. Oen Open Access Download PDF	245
Part III: Jerusalem Transposed and Reenacted: Townscapes, Churches, and Practices
Chapter 14 St Olav, Nidaros, and Jerusalem Øystein Ekroll Open Access Download PDF	270
Chapter 15 Jerusalem Commonplaces in Danish Rural Churches: What Urban Architecture Remembers Line M. Bonde Open Access Download PDF	299
Chapter 16 The Holy City in the Wilderness: Interpreting the Round Churches in Västergötland, Sweden Kersti Markus Open Access Download PDF	324
Chapter 17 Entering the Temple of Jerusalem: Candlemas and Churching in the Lives of the Women of the North. A Study of Textual and Visual Sources Margrete Syrstad Andås Open Access Download PDF	340
Chapter 18 Heavenly Agent and Divine Disclosure: The Holy Cross at Borre Kaja M. H. Hagen Open Access Download PDF	375
Chapter 19 The Heavenly Jerusalem and the Late Medieval Church Interior Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen Open Access Download PDF	394
Part IV: Navigating the Sacred Storyworld: Nordic Landscapes and Salvation History
Chapter 20 Civitas Hierusalem famosisima: The Cross, the Orb, and the History of Salvation in the Medieval North Kristin B. Aavitsland Open Access Download PDF	424
Chapter 21 Imagining the Holy Land in the Old Norse World Mikael Males Open Access Download PDF	455
Chapter 22 Enemies of Christ in the Far North: Tales of Saracens, Jews and the Saami in Norwegian Medieval Painting Margrethe C. Stang Open Access Download PDF	477
Chapter 23 The Virtues Building Jerusalem: The Four Daughters of God and Their Long Journey to Norwegian Law in the Thirteenth Century Jørn Ø Øyrehagen Sunde Open Access Download PDF	500
Chapter 24 Zion in the North: Jerusalem and the Late Medieval Histories of Uppsala Biörn Tjällén Open Access Download PDF	520
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	535
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	537
Index of Manuscripts Open Access Download PDF	591
Index Open Access Download PDF	593

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 617
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
- Coloured Illustrations: 97
Keywords: Crusades; Pilgrimage; Christianity in Scandinavia

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Published: April 19, 2021
ISBN: 9783110639438

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Published: April 19, 2021
ISBN: 9783110634853