Browsing Vikingtid og nordisk middelalder by Title
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)The Norse werewolf is a joint term under which the author has chosen to subsume the diversity of motives based on or containing elements of lupine therianthropy within the Old Norse literary corpus. The purpose of the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)With the introduction of Christianity to Norway, this country naturally drew on impulses from ecclesiastical and cultural centres abroad, including various types of Christian imagery. Being a central motif in Christian art ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)This thesis gathers and examines the rich literary evidence for the runic script. The contents of such runic sequences are analysed through the prism of the preserved runic epigraphic material from about the same period ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Odin and Zeus. A comparative study on the supreme gods of two mythologies. is a comparative analysis of Odin and Zeus and of the mythologies they belong to. The study follows Georges Dumézil s theory of tripartite ideology ...
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Old English and Old Norse Mutual Intelligibility: Language Contact and Patterns of AccommodationRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)The focus of this thesis is a statistically grounded analysis of early 14th century Norwegian sound patterns using an electronically transcribed corpus of thirty-one royal charters written by four named scribes between ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)The archaeological and literary records often appear to be at odds with oneanother when analyzed in the academic mileau. Identifying what sources are and are not reliable and accurate is one of the larger arguments in ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)This essay aims to be an interpretive reading of the Hêliand as a reconciliatory work, where I try to gain greater insight into what strategies were used by the recently converted Saxons in coping with the forced conversions ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2001)The title of this dissertation Peace in their time? A study of the Norwegian medieval peace-period: 1046-1157 , implies two problems. The first one is to find out if there was peace within the given timeframe and then ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)The thesis deals with the presence of crusading ideology in medieval Sweden and its political impact. In old Swedish historiography the conquest of Finland was ascribed to three Swedish crusades taking place in 1156, 1249 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Hovedproblemstilling I denne avhandlingen vil jeg undersøke den politiske kulturen i Orknøyjarledømmet som den fremstilles i Orkneyinga Saga. Jeg ønsker å undersøke sammenhengen mellom flere aspekter innenfor den politiske ...
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Power and Information: The Significance of Communication for Iceland's Non-Persons and Social Elite (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Denne oppgaven skal identifisere hvem presten er på bakgrunn av en sentral kildegruppe: kristenrettene i de fire landskapslovene. Avhandlingen skal handle om prestens posisjon i samfunnet og samspillet mellom presten og: ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)This work is intended as an exploration of methods of time-reckoning and conception in Medieval Scandinavia. In the main this is tied to the dynamism between a duality: that of the cyclical and linear models of time’s ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Sammandrag Temat för avhandlingen bygger på en observation av de norröna myterna där vanerna framställs som hierarkiskt och socialt underlägsna asarnas grupp. Detta har tidigare uppmärksammats av den religionshistoriska ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)In the course of history, many different pathways have been attempted by scholars trying to solve the problem of the rise and development of Gmc strong class VII, with special reference to the question if they are the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)This thesis compares Stjórn I and de Rijmbijbel, two medieval vernacular translations of the Bible mediated through Historia Scholastica. Rita Copeland has studied medieval translation strategies and come to the conclusion ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Rígsþula. Diktets fortolkning i mytologisk, samfunnshistorisk og religiøs kontekst Sammendrag av masteravhandlingen Hovedoppgaven er viet til Rígsþula, et av de mytologiske eddadiktene, eller Den eldre Edda. Diktet er ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)The present Master's thesis concerns the role of bishops in Icelandic society. The first part examines bishops' backgrounds and its influence on their position and politics. The second part deals with bishops' role in ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Runematerialet fra Tønsberg består så langt av 39 innskrifter. Målet for denne undersøkelsen har vært å undersøke hvem runeristerne i Tønsberg var, ved å kontekstualisere de forskjellige innskriftene, både i forhold til ...