Miniature Shields in the Viking Age: A Reassessment
| Autor: | Kerstin Odebäck, Leszek Gardeła |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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funerary practices
010506 paleontology History 060102 archaeology media_common.quotation_subject Viking Age Shields hoards 06 humanities and the arts Art miniature shields shields 01 natural sciences Archaeology symbolism 0601 history and archaeology Scandinavia women 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common magic |
| Zdroj: | Gardela, L & Odebäck, K 2018, ' Miniature Shields in the Viking Age : A Reassessment ', Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, vol. 2018, no. 14, pp. 81-133 . https://doi.org/10.1484/J.VMS.5.116391 |
| DOI: | 10.1484/J.VMS.5.116391 |
| Popis: | Miniature shields are some of the most intriguing metal objects found acrossScandinavia and the wider Viking world. They are mainly known from cremation and inhumation graves, in which they typically accompany women, but also from hoards, settlement sites, and trading ports. Various scholars have usually interpreted miniature shields as amulets and symbols of protection with either pagan or Christian connotations. By (re)assessing a large corpus of miniature shields from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, and Sweden, this paper seeks to nuance previous views on these objects and provides new thoughts on their different types, usage, and meaning. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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