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Author_Arne Bugge Amundsen
Author_Hallgeir Elstad
Bergen Diocese
Brunla and Bratsberg County
Buskerud
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cemeteries
death and memory
early modern
ecclesiastical geography
epitaphs
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Finnmark
Gudbrandsdalen
Hardanger and Voss
Indre Ostlandet
Kristiania
Lake Mjosa
memorial culture
Nordfjord
Nordland
Osterdalen
Rogaland
Romsdal And Nordmore
Sognefjord
Sorlandet
Stavanger Kristiansand Diocese
Sunnfjord
Sunnmore
Troms
Trondelag
Trondheim Diocese
Valdres
Ytre Smalenene
Product details
- ISBN 9783795437848
- Weight: 1842g
- Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jan 2023
- Publisher: Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Hardback
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As part of a detailed introduction to the post-Reformation church topography of Norway, some 140 epitaphs preserved in all parts of Norway from the period 1550 to 1700 are documented with illustrations, descriptions and short biographies. In addition to numerous illustrations of the epitaphs, the volume contains transcriptions of all inscriptions as well as their translation into English.
The epitaph genre was particularly popular in post-Reformation Lutheranism (unlike in the Reformed areas of Europe) - as it was in Norway. In addition to a comprehensive introduction to the cultural, social and geographical context of epitaphs, the volume offers a detailed insight into the (self-)representation of the elites who commissioned these epitaphs. It also names the most important artists who were entrusted with the production of the epitaphs in Norway.
The main part of the volume is a detailed presentation of the surviving epitaphs in Norway's four early modern bishoprics. Pictorial motifs, inscriptions and biographical studies are included in the interpretation.
Arne Bugge Amundsen ist Professor für Kulturgeschichte an der Universität Oslo, mit der nordeuropäischen Kulturgeschichte 1500 – 1900 als zentrales Forschungsgebiet. Hallgeir Elstad ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Oslo. Tarald Rasmussen ist Professor em. für Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Oslo.
