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Brynhildr in the Vǫlsung Storyworld: Valkyrie, shield maiden and maiden-king 
Findahl, Siren Elise Sætre (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Olav Tryggvason -Framstilling i prosa og poesi 
Skjervheim, Kirsti (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Beasts from the East and Magical Monarchs: The connection between Sweden, Swedes, and the Supernatural in the Saga corpus 
Foltz, Jonathan Scott (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The saga corpus contains numerous accounts of supernatural humans, be they monstrous beings like berserkir and draugr, or wielding inhuman powers and communing directly with the supernatural as an innate part of their ...
The development of Jarls; the benchmates of Kings, c.850-1250. 
Lyons, Christian Alexander (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Embodying the Past: Relics and Remains in Old Norse Literature 
Smith, Olivia Elliott (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Slaves in the Viking Age: Functions, Social Roles and Regional Diversity 
Haga, Sarah Elizabeth (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Slavery in the Viking Age was a common practice throughout Scandinavia and the Scandinavian diaspora with the use of slaves socially, culturally, and economically, depending on the region in which they existed. Their ...
Et knippe relikvier, og tre tapte helgenskrin fra norsk middelalder Restricted Access
Karlsen, Marianne Lange (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Denne masteravhandlingen er et forsøk på starten på å samle relikvier og relikvarier i Norge fra middelalderen. De fleste relikviene og relikvariene ligger spredd rundt omkring i forskjellige museer og kirker, uten at det ...
With the wagon-guider, a word do I seek: Examining gender, myth, ceremony, and interment in the social history of wagons in the Viking Age 
Pevan, Erin Kristine (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis examines the social history of wagons from the Viking Age with a focus upon connections to gender, mythology, ceremonial purposes, and interment contexts. The aim is explore examples from the archaeological, ...
Al(t-Right) Father? Germanic Neopaganism, Nordic Nationalism, and Modern Reception of Old Norse Religion and the Vikings 
Kieser, Trevor Geoffrey (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Coinciding Transitions. A reconsideration of the Eggja runestone and the transitional period. 
Kleinstapel, Kyra (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Sub regulis Donati: Ars Brugensis och Den tredje grammatiska avhandlingen 
Frans, Ulf Johan Victor (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The Micillo-Males hypothesis proposes that the second part of The Third Grammatical Treatise (ca 1250) by Óláfr Þórðarson is based on a commentary of the insular tradition on Donatus’ third book of the Ars maior. This paper ...
How many and where? An analysis of three texts in three hands in Stockholm Islandica perg. nr. 5 folio 
Bechtel, William Brooks (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The present thesis aims to investigate the scribes who contributed to the manuscript Stockholm Islandica perg. nr. 5 folio, establishing differences and connections between the texts and the hands in the manuscript. This ...
The "New" North: Perceptions, Projections and Memories of Medieval Scandinavia in Video Games as Popular Media 
Panaro, Luca Arruns (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis explores the modern reception of Old Norse literary culture in video games, a sphere of global popular culture which is heretofore unexplored in the field of Old Norse studies. This topic is relevant in light ...
Homicide and Suicide in Viking Age Scandinavia - a study of the society's perceptions and conceptions towards specific kinds of violent deaths as visible in written and archaeological sources 
Nagel, Susanne (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Violence and violent death in the pre-Christian Scandinavian Viking Age are both particular research topics for various reasons. The cultural and social entanglements in the complex system of interpersonal violence in this ...
Íslendingabók and the book of the Icelandic sagas 
Jaramillo, Nicolas (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Norwegian Coin Distribution During the Reign of Håkon Håkonsson 
Gladden, Liam Alexander Henry (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The goal of this thesis is to develop a method of understanding coin distribution in Norway in order to identify probable locations for mints. This is done by comparing the distribution of English coin finds from the Middle ...
Gripping Beasts as Material and Metaphor: Production Dynamics, Function, and Symbol of Early Medieval Scandinavian Zoomorphic Trefoil Brooches 
Doyle, Kristina Lynn Lynn (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
A study of modified noun phrases in the Bryggen in Bergen runic material and other Old Norwegian sources Restricted Access
Jávorszky, Ágnes Viktória (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This thesis examines the runic inscriptions of Bryggen in Bergen as well as the Old Norwegian corpus currently consisting of four texts in the Menotec corpus of Old Norwegian, with regard to modified noun phrases. The ...
Literacy as an Instrument of Female Religious Expression in the Medieval Scandinavian Catholic Orthodoxy, c. 1000 – 1400 A.D. 
Aae, Embla (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
During the early medieval period in Scandinavia, writing could be accomplished using one of two different writing systems. Runes had been in use since long before the Viking Age, and stayed in use until the late Middle ...
Tracing the motif: A comparative analysis of a motif from Gotland’s Picture Stones and Late Scythian Steles with a new methodological approach Restricted Access
Segal, Daria (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Scandinavian Trade Network in the Early Viking Age: Kaupang and Dublin in Context 
Jorgensen, Tenaya (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The paper compares and contrasts Kaupang and Dublin as two early Viking Age towns. While the importance of Kaupang as a permanent settlement and active trading partner throughout the Scandinavian trade network has only ...
Cats in Context - Archaeological evidence of human-cat relationships in Scandinavia and Iceland 200-1100 CE Restricted Access
Mazza, Selene (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Across the North Sea and Back Again: A Comparative Study between the Cults of St. Olav and St. Edmund 
Bidwell, Samuel Patrick (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The medieval cult of saints community was a dense, pervasive network that spread across the vast expanse of Latin Christendom. Saints were international in nature and as such could be easily transported to other geographical ...
Fierce,Barbarous, Unbiddable: Perceptions of Norse-Gael Identity in Orkney-Caithness, c.1000-1400 
Howarth, Dylan Pierre Colin (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Freyja and Freyr: Successors of the Sun: on the absence of the sun in Nordic saga literature 
Wang, Lan (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Beyond the Fringe: Outlawry & Punishment in Grágás & the Gulaþingslǫg, c.1150-1264 
Miller, Fraser Lucas (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Outlawry in Medieval Scandinavia as a subject of academic interest has been growing more popular in recent years. But now, as in the 1930s when the topic first took off among Dutch and German scholars, the focus seems set ...
Realities and Representations: Alcohol in the Aggrandizer in the Early Medieval West Norse World Restricted Access
Sibley, Benjamin Shea Collis (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Representation of Outlaws in Post-Classical Icelandic Sagas - A Comparative Approach to Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar and Króka-Refs saga 
Gyönki, Viktória (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis is a comparative study of Grettis saga and Króka-Refs saga, two Icelandic Sagas from the 14th century. The aim of this study is to present these sagas in the context of historical, legal and cultural influences, ...
Dvergatal, Shorthand for a Universe: The Dwarfs of Vǫluspá 
Scheuer, Jensen Connor (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Ways of the Norse Pilgrim, A Study of Textual Diversity in Medieval Norwegian Pilgrimage Restricted Access
Kowalczyk, Angela (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Kennings in Mind and Memory: Cognitive Poetics and Skaldic Verse 
Haley-Halinski, Kathryn Ania (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This study inspects the mental processes underpinning the use of imagery in the kennings of five skaldic poems: Vellekla, Hákonardrápa, Øxarflokkr, Íslendingadrápa, and Ævikviða Grettis Ásmundarsonar. It is argued that the ...
Óláfr and the Queens. Gender, Queenship and Kingship Ideologies in the Separate saga of Saint Óláfr 
Davídková, Barbora (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Socio-Political Networks of Sitric Silkenbeard: The Foreign Kings of Dublin - 980 to 1054 
Mercier, Kristen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This study sets out to examine Dublin between 980 and 1054; more particularly it assesses the role of socio-political networks in maintaining power in Ireland. Associations between the Irish kingdoms and the Hiberno-Scandinavian ...
A Meeting of Worlds: An investigation into the development of a Christian vocabulary set within the Old Norse Language using a new statistical methodology 
Lied, Laurel Joy (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Power and Information: The Significance of Communication for Iceland's Non-Persons and Social Elite 
Ebbs, Eira Kathleen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
The God on the Windy Tree: Christian Origins of the Figure of Wodan in the Cross-cultural Relations of Northern Europe Restricted Access
Strijen, Bob Oscar Benjamin van (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
The myth of Óðinn hanging on the tree resembles, in a number of ways, the legend of Christ hanging on the Cross―self-sacrifice and wounding by a spear for example. Scholarship has largely focussed on these parallels, ...
Viking Art in the Church. A Scandinavian casket in San Isidoro de Leon, Spain. Restricted Access
Franco Valle, Rebeca (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
The Scandinavian casket of the Museum of San Isidoro in León, Spain, as leitmotif will link the culture of the two peninsulas, Scandinavia and Iberia, in the 10th and 11th centuries, providing an additional source beyond ...
A Coin Out of the Ground: Routes of Contact between Anglo-Saxon England and Scandinavia, c. 990-1030 
Pederson, Peter Vernon (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Archaeological excavations in Scandinavian countries have uncovered hundreds of thousands of coins from across the early Medieval World. The ability to precisely date these coins to a time and place allows scholars to ...
A Vision of the Skald: Seeking the Ideal in the Probable Works of Snorri Sturluson 
Westcoat, Eirik Vidarsson (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
It is well known that Snorra Edda seeks to preserve and promote skaldic verse, heavily focusing on what is required to compose and understand such verse. Kevin Wanner, in his book Snorri Sturluson and the Edda, has argued ...
"Men ferden hennes begynte i pryd, og endte i skam" - En oversikt og analyse av kildene om dronning Gunnhild 
Karmhus, Runa (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Denne avhandlingen gir en oversikt av kilder og forskningshistorie om dronning Gunnhild, kongsmor, kona til Eirik blodøks og mor til hans barn. Hun er med i 20 ulike kilder, både latinske krøniker og norrøne konge- og ...
«Dróttning himins ok jarðar, María guðs móðir» – Jomfru Marias norrøne epiteter og deres religiøse betydning 
Meldalen, Maria Granly (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Jomfru Maria var en skikkelse som holdt en svært sentral posisjon i troslivet i norrøn kultur i middelalderen. Hun fikk mange kirker viet til seg, det ble skrevet mye litteratur til hennes ære, hun fikk et alter viet til ...
The Courtly Stranger: The Description of an Old French Motif and Its Diffusion through Old Norse 
Biel, William (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
This is a comparative literary study comparing Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss, an Íslendingasaga, with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, as well as several fornaldarsögur. This thesis hypothesizes each of these contains a single ...
The Body Electron: Luminosity of the Brísingamen Restricted Access
MacDougall, Marie (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
RHYME and REASON Reading the Bible in the vernacular: A closer look on the translation strategies used in Bible-translations in Old Norse and Middle Dutch. 
Renaa, Cathrine (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 ...
Old English and Old Norse Mutual Intelligibility: Language Contact and Patterns of Accommodation Restricted Access
Marian, Gemma Maria (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
From the Far North to Finisterre. Cultural transformation in Norway and Castile in the 12th-13th centuries. The Church as an agent of Europeanization. 
Ros Ruiz, Isabel (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The thesis reviews the role of the Church as an agent for the Europeanization process in the semi-peripheries and the peripheries of the European Christendom in the Middle Ages.
Old Norwegian Vowel Harmony: A Quantitative Graphemic-Phonological Analysis 
Sanstead, Jade Michael (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 ...
Initiation Rituals in Old Norse Texts and their Relationship to Finno-Karelian Bear Cult Rituals - a comparative approach 
Haggerty, James (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This thesis demonstrates that there is a compelling link between the ancient northern Bear Cult and Old Norse sagas. This is achieved through analysis of two fornaldarsögur, in terms of ritual framework and the thread of ...
Ceremonial Drinking in the Viking Age 
Riseley, Charles Prescott (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Drinking ceremonies played a very important social role in Viking Age Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England. This thesis will seek to illuminate these ceremonies by following the terms minni and bragarfull through the sources, ...
Compositional Techniques and Perceptions of Authorship in Skaldic Poetry: Alliterative and Hending Word Constellations 
Nyquist, Cole Erik (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
In order to investigate the compositional techniques of skaldic poetry and determine if any oral formulae or other compositional methods played a role in the creation of skaldic poetry, I have collected the alliterating ...
Kulturkontakt i manske steinkors fra vikingtid og tidlig middelalder - En tverrfaglig undersøkelse av fem kors 
Iglesias, Kalinka Irina Martin (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Steinkorsene på Isle of Man fra vikingtid og tidlig middelalder har vært studert og vidt omtalt i forskningen siden slutten av det 18. århundre, men forskningslitteraturen bærer fremdeles mye preg av de samme rådende ...
Technique – Skill – Refinement. The artistic skill of skaldic poets. Restricted Access
Stahl, Rabea (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
In this thesis the artistic features of the skaldic poet is analysed in order to reveal the skáld s technical skill and aesthetic features within is work. By doing so, it was attempted to give an insight of how art was ...
On Sacrifice 
Blewitt, Kevin (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 ...
I tradisjon tro; Ideologisk kontinuitet i sosiopolitisk samtid av Islands tidligste kirker 
Aurdal, Liv Marit Mathilde (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Vår tradisjonelle historieskrivning forteller at det islandske folk i 999/1000 AD. vedtar å innføre kristendommen i sitt samfunn. Med den nye skikk følger da med tiden også kravet om et nytt kultisk rom for den religiøse ...
War on the Waterways: Maritime Conflict in the Viking Age in the North Sea Region. 
Thompson, Jordan Richard (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Sjøkrig i vikingtiden.
A Long Time in Politics: The relevance of Icelandic techniques of time reckoning for our understanding of the medieval Icelandic world view 
Allport, Benjamin (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The topic of the medieval Icelandic world view during the Commonwealth period has attracted many scholars in recent years; most can agree that this seemingly autonomous, remote island society, asserting its independence ...
Håkon den godes landskap på Frei og slaget på Rastarkalv. 
Grønland, Siw Helen Myrvoll (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Temaet for oppgaven er Håkon den gode og slaget på Rastarkalv på Frei i Kristiansund kommune, Møre og Romsdal. Hovedmålet for oppgaven har vært å finne en forklaring på om gravrøysene kan være spor etter slaget og om årsaken ...
Exploring the Emotive versus the Scholarly: an Investigation of the Kennings in Ragnarsdrápa and Øxarflokkr 
Krell, Sydney (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Synet på synd, død og det hinsidige i middelalder : Studie av menneskers mentalitet. Restricted Access
Fagervoll, Silje Maria (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
During the Middle Ages in Norway, the church used different approaches to learn the lay people about sin, death and the life in the hereafter. Homilies, visions and imaging applications were used to communicate with the ...
Smithery Incorporated : Theoretical Aspects of Sword Smithing Restricted Access
Flom, Eric (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis is intended as an investigation of knowing how and what a tenth century swordsmith did in relation to crafting Viking swords, particularly focused upon the Norwegian materials and retrospective on previous ...
A Story of the Kingdom built on Honour. : The literary and sociocultural structures of insults and feuding in Óláfs Saga Helga. 
Hihnala, Harri Tapio (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis deals with the descriptions of insults and feud in Óláfs Saga Helga. It's a multidisciplinary study that examines the source through the disciplines of history, anthropology and philology. The approach is ...
Christianity's impact on the free farmers during the 10th century in Norway 
Tarean, Cornelia Maria (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The purpose of my master thesis is to focus on the religious beliefs of the free farmers during the 10th century in Norway. I chose this particular century first and foremost because it represents the pitch of the ...
Pacifying the Saxons – An Interpretative Reading of the Hêliand 
Kristoffersen, Elisabeth (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 ...
The God-semantic Field in Old Norse Prose and Poetry : A Cognitive Philological analysis 
Mikolic, Petra (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The thesis under the title “The God-semantic Field: A Cognitive Philological Analysis” analyses eight different lexemes that belong to the same semantic field – god. The research is a comparative and contrastive analysis ...
From Hades to Hel and from Elysium to Valhǫll : A Comparative Research about Death and Afterlife in ancient Greek and Viking society Restricted Access
Karagianni, Antonia (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The present thesis is a comparative research about death and afterlife in ancient Greek and Viking society making use of both literary sources such as the Eddas and the Homeric epic poems and archaeological evidence including ...
"A great heathen fist from the North": Vikings, Norse Mythology, and Medievalism in Nordic Extreme Metal Music. 
Walsh, Ashley Anne (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Viking metal is a dynamic and popular subgenre of metal music of burgeoning popularity coming primarily from Nordic countries. These musicians use their nations Viking histories and saga material as inspiration for their ...
Harald Hårfagre og rikssamlingen : Oppfattelse og anvendelse, 1814-1945 Restricted Access
Ali, Arshad Mubarak (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Masteroppgaven målsetting er å belyse hvordan Harald Hårfagre og rikssamlingen ble oppfattet og anvendt i lys av endringene i det norske samfunn fra 1814 til 1945. I dette arbeidet er det vektlagt hvordan sentrale aktører ...
IN THE TEXT OF THE DIVINE OFFICE : A study of the manuscript fragments of the breviaries kept in the Riksarkivet from the 12th to the 15th century. 
Marttie, Rodrigo Mourao (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Denne avhandlingen presenterer en analyse av liturgi. Den er basert på tekster av fragmenterte manuskripter av breviarer – fra 1100-tallet til 1400-tallet – som er å finne i det norske Riksarkivet. De liturgiske tekstene ...
Written in stone? : A reading of St. Magnus cathedral at Kirkwall as a historical document 
Vik, Sindre (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Oppgaven søker å utforske de arkitektoniske, kulturelle og geistlige sidene rundt Ragnvald Kolssons krav på Orknøyene, hans komme til makten samt hans rolle i grunnleggingen og oppføringen av katedralen som er viet til St. ...
Runematerialet fra Tønsberg 
Johannessen, Charlotte (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 ...
Viking Age Queens : The example of Oseberg 
Ruffoni, Kirsten (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Oseberggraven har blitt studert grundig, og mange forskere har argumentert for at den er den rikeste kvinnelige grav i Europa. Derfor, må Oseberg være mye mer enn begravelsen av en sekulær hersker. Kvinnene begravet i ...
Kulturminner og identitetsdannelse : Hvordan fremstiller norsk kulturminneforvaltning forholdet mellom kulturminner og identitet? 
Christiansen, Elin Voll (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
I denne oppgaven har jeg undersøkt hvordan norsk kulturminneforvaltning på statlig nivå og Vestfold fylkeskommune fremstiller forholdet mellom kulturminner og identitet. Jeg har gjennomgått nyere dokumenter fra organene, ...
Primstav and Apocalypse : Time and its Reckoning in Medieval Scandinavia 
Powell, Avery Myers (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 ...
Et lingvistisk atlas over former av svake verb i infinitiv, presens og preteritum indikativ : En tolkning av dialektale trekk Restricted Access
Kjenstad, Bodil (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Formålet med denne oppgaven har vært å komme fram til dialektale trekk ved det gammelnorske språket med forekomster av svake verb i infintiv, presens og preteritum indikativ som eksempler. Disse forekomstene er gjengitt ...
Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow 
Krzewski, Tomasz (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This paper aims to demonstrate how the honour system in mediaeval Iceland was altered by the Norwegian monarchy using the Sturlunga Saga exclusively as a source. Specifically the focus is on how the Norwegian monarchy ...
Relationen mellan asar och vaner : förkristna myter i norrön litteratur 
Kure, Johanna Maria (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 ...
Prestens status på 1100-tallet i Norge. : en komparativ undersøkelse av de fire kristenrettene. 
Risbøl, Thomas (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: ...
Erik Valkendorf og grønlandsforskningen : fra middelalderen til moderne tid 
Engedalen, Lars Tjoflot (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Hvem var kirkenes byggherrer i Norge i middelalderen? : En historiografisk undersøkelse av byggherreproblemet i norsk forskning fra Rudolf Keyser til Vidar Trædal 
Muren, Lars Olav Lyngstad (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
I løpet av de siste tretti årene har norsk kirkeforskning tatt en ny tverrfaglig retning med den kulturgeografiske kirkeforskningen. Denne oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i en av de mest sentrale problemstillingene innenfor denne ...
Stiklestadmyten : Fire scener i utviklingen av en nasjonal minnerite 
Alsvik, Arne Hveem (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Formålet med denne oppgaven er å analysere hvordan fortellinger om norsk middelalder har vært med på å gi mening og styrke til aktuell samfunnsdebatt i Norge. Hovedtema for oppgaven er fortellingen om slaget på Stiklestad. ...
Å gifte seg og sette bo : Sagaenes beretninger om husholdsopprettelsesprosessen i fristatstidens Island 
Sveen, Tom Andre (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Oppgaven tar for seg husholdsopprettelsesprosessen i fristatstidens Island slik denne fremstilles i islendingesagaene Egils saga, Laxdæla saga og Njåls saga, samt samtidssagaen Islendinga saga. Husholdsopprettelsesprosessen ...
Kirken og makten : kirketopografi på Hadeland i middelalderen 
Myhre, Solfrid (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Oppgaven dreier seg om de 13 kjente middelalderkirkene på Hadeland, og oppgavens mål er å undersøke kirkenes politiske, økonomiske og religiøse status. Dette gjøres med utgangspunkt i tanken om at det er en nær sammenheng ...
Michael Suscipe Animam : en undersøkelse av erkeengelen Mikaels tilstedeværelse i den norrøne middelalderkulturen 
Haugfos, Maren (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne oppgaven er en undersøkelse av erkeengelen Mikaels tilstedeværelse i det norrøne middelaldersamfunnet i perioden ca. 900-1500. Mikael synes å ha fått en sentral plass i middelalderens mentalitet på bakgrunn av hans ...
Language contact in Viking age England : a sociolinguistic perspective 
Ku, Ivan Chia Kuo (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The main goal of this study is to investigate Old Norse (ON) influence on Old English (OE), by applying sociolinguistic methods for examining ON and OE parallel words. The methodology applied in this thesis consists of two ...
Runeskriftens opphør i seinmiddelalderen : runer og runeinnskrifter i Norge 1325-1500 
Ellefsen, Terje (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne masteravhandlingen samler og undersøker det norske runematerialet fra perioden 1325-1500. Avhandlingen forsøker å finne ut når runeskriften døde ut i Norge. Den undersøker også om svartedauden (1349) hadde stor ...
Lyse kloster : jordegodset som økonomisk fundament for et norsk cistercienserkloster 
Langgåt, Anja Hysvær (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
I følge Lyse klosters jordebok fra 1626 eide klosteret et jordegods bestående av over 200 gårder og skyldparter i Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane og Rogaland. Oppgaven tar for seg omfanget av dette jordegodset med godsstruktur, ...
Jakt og jordbruk i Eirik Raudes land : var jaktlagenes organisering styrende for samfunnsstrukturen i middelalderens Grønland? 
Bakkevig, Øyvind Fuglestved (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne avhandlingen handler om det norrøne samfunnet på Grønland sin sosiale organisering, og hvorvidt jakt kan ha vært et viktig prinsipp i denne organiseringen. Jeg tar utgangspunkt i de arkeologiske kildene fra Vesterbygden ...
Politisk kultur i Orkneyinga Saga 
Fiedler, Stephan (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 ...
The political impact of crusading ideology in Sweden 1150-1350 
Johansen, Raymond (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 ...
Spåkyndige i norrøn tradisjon 
Foldvik, Therese (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i de tre eddadiktene Voluspå, Balders drømmer og Hyndluljod, hvor oppgavens mål er å kunne si noe om spåkyndiges opptreden i kildene og hvem de var. Videre bruker jeg sagaer til å utdype materialet. ...
The Vínland sagas as propaganda for the christian church : Freydís and Gudríd as paradigms for Eve and the Virgin Mary 
Cavaleri, Claire (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Over the last two centuries, the Vínland Sagas have become some of the most discussed of Medieval Nordic documents. There are arguments about every aspect of the sagas: What the name Vínland means, if Vínland existed, where ...
Tøffe gutar og søte jenter? : om forholdet mellom foreldre og barn i norrøn middelalder 
Emdal, Margaret (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Denne oppgåva handlar om barnet i norrøn middelalder, og om forhold mellom foreldre og barn i islandsk fristatstid. Som hovudkjelder for oppgåva har eg nytta utdrag frå Íslendingasögur, Sturlunga saga og Byskupa sögur. Dei ...
Innovations and conservatism : foundation of the metropolitan authority and the effective controll within the church province of Nidaros in the thirteenth century 
Narikawa, Takahiro (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis mainly focuses on the transformation of the metropolitan authority of Nidaros in course of the 13th century, especially between ca. 1215 and 1285, and the expansion of the influence of the archbishop over the ...
Da galder ble ulovlig. Kristenrettenes forbud mot kvinnelig legekunst : Med følgene for kjønnsideal og statusbelagte kvinneroller 
Pahle, Marianne Aagot (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
I et feministisk perspektiv undersøker jeg forholdet mellom normer og medisinsk praksis i vikingtid ca. år 800-1050 og middelalder fra ca. 1050-1300 i Norge og på Island, med noen sammenlignende avstikkere til antikkens ...
Bakgrunnen for opprettelsen av Hamar bispedømme 1152/53 
Husemoen, Marte (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
I denne oppgaven har jeg forsøkt å se på ulike forklaringsmodeller for hvorfor Hamar bispedømme ble opprettet. Til dette har jeg brukt tilgjengelig kildemateriell fra tiden før og etter opprettelsen. Den forskningen som ...
Kommunikative prosesser og uttrykksformer i skriftlige og billedlige kilder fra vikingtid og middelalder : en studie basert på fremstillinger av historien om Sigurdr Fáfnisbani 
Kjesrud, Karoline (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Den skandinaviske jula : vikingtidens herskerideologi, tro og kult i lys av det gamle vinterblotet 
Hille, Ivar Lindtvedt (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
SCANDINAVIAN YULE Rulership ideology, belief and cult in light of the old Viking Age winter feast I have done research on how the Scandinavian Yule feast was in the Viking age in my master thesis. In order to approach ...
Haugbrott og herskermakt : om gravrøveri som ritual 
Soma, Rune (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
SUMMARY: HAUGBROTT AND RULERSHIP - GRAVE ROBBERIES AS RITUAL THEME AND HYPOTHESIS Some of the huge burial-mounds from the Viking era have been opened. Someone has digged all through the mounds, skeletons have been moved ...
Fangst og eksport av norsk rovfugl ca. 1100-1350 
Thorsen, Vivi Gogstad (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Oppgaven tar for seg fangst og eksport av rovfugl fra de norske områdene i perioden fra ca. 1100 og frem til ca.1350. I den første delen behandles falken som symbol, og hvordan falkene ble fremstilt og benyttet i de eldste ...
Hyndluljóð som et høydepunkt i Flateyjarbóks ideologiske budskap : en analyse av Hyndluljóð som en av de syv tekstene i Flateyjarbóks innledning i lys av norsk kongeideologi i høymiddelalderen 
Midttun, Vesna (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Jeg har bygget min analyse av Hyndluljóð først og fremst på en hypotese om at diktet, slik som det overleveres i Flateyjarbók, ble føyet sammen fra to opprinnelig selvstendige deler av en faglært forfatter fra lærde islandske ...
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