Looting or Missioning : Insular and Continental Sacred Objects in Viking Age Contexts in Norway.

Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Part 1: Sources and models for missionary activity -- 1: Introduction -- The spread of Christianity in north-west Europe -- The change of religion in Norway - a long process, not a short event -- Written sources - archaeological sources -- Written sources on the missionary activity inScandinavia during the Viking Age -- 2: Models for the missionary activity -- What is a mission? -- Model 1: Individual monks and priests as missionaries coming from The British Isles -- Model 2: Organized mission from the Frankish Empire and Germany - 'the Ansgar model' -- Model 3: Mission with Norwegian kings asinitiators -- Part 2: Tracing missionary activity in Norway based on material culture -- 3: Stone crosses -- 'Celtic missioning' -- 'Anglian missioning' -- German missioning -- Preliminary conclusions -- 4: The interpretation of insular metalwork in Norwegian Viking Age graves -- Sacred objects in early Christendom -- Secular objects of insular origin -- 5: Early Christian churches and graves -- 6: A geographical analysis of the Christianization process in Norway -- Western Norway -- The Kuli Stone at Kuløy, Edøy, Møre og Romsdal -- Middle Norway: Trøndelag -- Northern Norway -- Eastern Norway -- Part 3: Summary and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendices A-L: Clerical objects -- Appendix A: Stone crosses from the Viking Age -- Appendix B: Croziers -- Appendix C: Reliquaries and shrine mount -- Appendix D: Crosses and cross-mounts -- Appendix E: Book-mounts and book-shrines -- Appendix F: Hanging bowls -- Appendix G: Bronze bowls -- Appendix H: Bronze ladles with handle -- Appendix I: Bronze-covered wooden buckets -- Appendix J: Altar- and tabernacle mounts -- Appendix K: Chalices, paten and Holy-water sprinkler.

Appendix L: Cross and crucifix amulets from the Viking Age -- Appendices M-T: Secular objects -- Appendix M: Ring pins and brooches of insular origin -- Appendix N: Harness fittings, strap distributors andother horse fittings of insular origin -- Appendix O: Belt clasps, strap ends etc.of insular and Carolingian origin -- Appendix P: Drinking horns and mounts from the British Isles -- Appendix Q: Swords (mainly) from the British Isles -- Appendix R: Balance scales of insular origin -- Appendix S: Early Anglo-Saxon and Frankish coins -- Appendix T: Late Anglo-Saxon silver coins (tenth-eleventh century).

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