Pre-Christian Religions, Rituals, and Beliefs in Central and Northern Europe. Interdisciplinary Investigations

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Hardback, Pages: 266, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:67 b/w, 43 col., 8 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503620237. Summary Before Christianity came to the societies and communities of Central and Northern Europe between the sixth and thirteenth centuries, there were numerous different 'pagan' religions and beliefs. Little is known about some of these, particularly with regard to details such as ritual practices, human-animal relations, conversion, ideas of the afterlife, or the place of religion in the landscape, largely due to a lack of archaeological and historical evidence. To gain new information, it is essential to draw on sources and methodologies from different disciplines. This volume brings together a collection of case-studies that apply interdisciplinary approaches to various aspects of traditional religion. Together, they shine a new light on the multi-faceted variety of expressions of belief in Central and Northern Europe, from sacrifice and burial customs to sacred objects and iconography, and to the changes and continuations in the face of coming Christianity. Arranged in four categories - space and landscape, death and burial, objects and images, and people and violence - these twelve chapters by international researchers combine archaeological studies with the input of history and literature, cultural anthropology, history of religion, and archaeozoology, to offer a valuable resource to all those interested in pre-Christian religion, and in prehistoric and early medieval spiritual culture in Europe. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations 1. Introduction: Artefacts, Landscapes, and Images. Pre-Christian Religions in Central and Northern Europe Dirk H. Steinforth, Pawe? Szczepanik, and Olof Sundqvist 2. The Cross and the Hammer: Evidence for the Continuance of Paganism in Christianized Iceland Rachel Cartwright 3.'Five Foolish Virgins': A Persistent Monument at the Gateway to Avaldsnes Håkon Reiersen 4. Defining the Sacred: Pre-Christian Belief in Early-Medieval Pictland Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans 5. In the Embrace of Old Gods: Preliminary Reflections on Excavations at Sorte Muld on Bornholm Karolina Czonstke-?wi?tkowska and Bartosz ?wi?tkowski 6. The Vikings, the Bones, and the Afterlife: The Burial Custom of the Boat-Grave at Balladoole, Isle of Man Dirk H. Steinforth 7. Finding Evidence of Plural Beliefs in Early-Medieval Inhumation Graves: A Donarkeule Case Study Abigail Górkiewicz Downer 8. The Journey of the Soul to Sessrúmnir: Reinterpreting the Meaning of the Viking-Age Chair Pendant Angie Padilla 9. Material Culture as Marker of Public and Private Beliefs in Viking-Age Scandinavia: 'Pocket Deities' and Iconic Images Nancy L. Wicker 10. .oc láti svá Óðinn flein fliúga. The 'Spear of Death' in the Iconography of the Gotland Picture Stones: New Considerations Based on Digital Imaging Techniques Sigmund Oehrl 11. From Obligation and Oblation to Sublimated Violence? Transformation of Human Sacrifice in the Prehistory of Northern Europe Matthew J. Walsh, Marianne Moen, Sean O'Neill, Svein H. Gullbekk, and Rane Willerslev 12. Tracing Ritual Killings: Using Archaeological Material as Sources for the Study of Human Sacrifices in Old Norse Religion Klas Wikström af Edholm 13. Rates of Conversion: Traces of Pre-Christian Beliefs in Animal Remains from Medieval Hungary László Bartosiewicz Index 0 g.…

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Pre-Christian Religions, Rituals, and Beliefs in Central and Northern Europe. Interdisciplinary Investigations
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Pawel Szczepanik, Dirk Steinforth (eds)
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, Brepols, 2026
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