Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea
Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast...
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ftunivgoeteborg:oai:gupea.ub.gu.se:2077/78221 2023-10-29T02:35:18+01:00 Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea Fagerström, Christina University of Gothenburg / Department of Historical Studies Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för historiska studier 2023-08-17 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/2077/78221 eng eng https://hdl.handle.net/2077/78221 The labyrinth-symbol labyrinth monuments Trojaborg Jerusalem Middle Age Catholic Europe pilgrimages the Baltic Sea the Northern crusades navigatio mission the mendicant friars the Fourth Lateran Church Council fish markets Text H2 Student essay 2023 ftunivgoeteborg 2023-10-04T21:09:28Z Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. Presumed to have an origin as a Middle Age Ca- tholic religious symbol expressed in different media, this may be a reason for the labyrinth- symbol not to be described in texts. Its layout containing and conveying a religious message would then have had to be learned, taught, and conveyed by, in this case, Catholic elites, such as priests, friars, and church fresco artists. Drawing on historical and contemporary research this paper is trying to establish what cor- relations there are between the labyrinth-symbol and the Middle Age Catholic Church. Since historical written sources about the labyrinth symbol are scarce, the structuring of Anders Andrén is followed as method in reading the symbol as expressed in the Middle Ages as category, such as the walk-in-labyrinths, object, i.e. frescos, effigies, and house hold objects, document, as inter alia drawn symbols in manuscripts and discursive coherence, such as legends and place names. These will then be related to each other in the time, spatial circum- stances, and cultural context of mediaeval Catholic Europe to establish a correlation with the function and use of the labyrinth-symbol within the Catholic culture around the Baltic Sea. Text Barents Sea Iceland University of Gothenburg: GUPEA (Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive) |
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Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. Presumed to have an origin as a Middle Age Ca- tholic religious symbol expressed in different media, this may be a reason for the labyrinth- symbol not to be described in texts. Its layout containing and conveying a religious message would then have had to be learned, taught, and conveyed by, in this case, Catholic elites, such as priests, friars, and church fresco artists. Drawing on historical and contemporary research this paper is trying to establish what cor- relations there are between the labyrinth-symbol and the Middle Age Catholic Church. Since historical written sources about the labyrinth symbol are scarce, the structuring of Anders Andrén is followed as method in reading the symbol as expressed in the Middle Ages as category, such as the walk-in-labyrinths, object, i.e. frescos, effigies, and house hold objects, document, as inter alia drawn symbols in manuscripts and discursive coherence, such as legends and place names. These will then be related to each other in the time, spatial circum- stances, and cultural context of mediaeval Catholic Europe to establish a correlation with the function and use of the labyrinth-symbol within the Catholic culture around the Baltic Sea. |
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