The Chair: Situating knowledge and authority in Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 2019 (English)In: Tidens landskap: En vänbok till Anders Andrén / [ed] Cecilia Ljung, Anna Andreasson Sjögren, Ingrid Berg, Elin Engström, Ann-Mari Hållans Stenholm, Kristina Jonsson, Alison Klevnäs, Linda Qviström, Torun Zachrisson, Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2019, p. 153-155Chapter in book (Other academic)

Abstract [en]

Scientia potentia est — knowledge is power. Few things embody this sentence better than the chair. We will explore it through an amulet from the Eketorp hoard (Närke, Sweden), deposited in a wetland in the 960s.

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Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2019. p. 153-155

Keywords [en]

Medieval and Viking chairs, miniatures, pendants, knowledge

Keywords [sv]

Medeltida och vikingatida stolar, minitayrer, hängsmycken, kunskap

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History and Archaeology

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Archaeology

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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-162648ISBN: 9789188909121 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-162648DiVA, id: diva2:1349334

Available from: 2019-09-09 Created: 2019-09-09 Last updated: 2022-02-26Bibliographically approved

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