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A presentation and discussion of the results of the pilot excavations at 1 existing and 5 deserted farms, which took place as part of the investigation of the Medieval rural settlements in Bornholm. The settlements on the sites could not be traced back prior to the 16th-17th C.

The Gothic Maze focuses on the vigorous building activity among the 2,692 parish churches in medieval Denmark in the time up to the Reformation: Was this an expression of economic prosperity, increased piety, or a church in crises? Can the development be described as a transition from Romanesque to Gothic? How did the churches change? What was the economic background? Who were the benefactors? Wha

When God moves out - deserted churches in the past and the present: A discussion on the fate and future of deserted churches since the Middle Ages in mainly Scandinavia. The article is departuring from the case of Maglarp in Scania, where a church from 1909 was demolished in 2007.

Critical review of Caroline Ranby, "Skånes kyrkor. En kulturhistorisk resa genom 1000 år" (2014)

Review of Göran Gruber, "Medeltider. Samtida moblliseringsprocesser kring det förflutnas värden" (Linköping 2010)

Welinders Swedish history of archaeology: A review of Stig Welinder’s book “Min svenska arkeologihistoria” (My Swedish history of archaeology) (2003).

The church, the cultural landscape and the extended Middle Ages: The concept of "the extended Middle Ages" is presented, arguing for the integration of Post-Medieval churches as well as medieval ones in the study of society and the cultural landscape.

Based on a systematic registration of written sources and all the archaeological material. Out of 11 church institutions 6 are known from archaeological investigations. Discussion on the datings, architecture, social context and economical hinterland of the institutions. Extensive list of literature and sources.The text is an edited version of a cand phil-dissertation from the University of Aarhus

Apses with meaning: A reply on the criticism by Christian Lovén on my interpretation of the symbolism of the Romanesque apse at churches in Scandinavia. Lovens critism is published in the perodical Fornvännen 2009: 3. My interpretation of the apse primarily as a symbol of Heaven, but also as a symbol of the sovereignty of the bishop is published in the periodical Hikuin (Wienberg 1997).

The threatened estate - the memorials of Per Brahe junior On the background of the present research on memorials and monuments follows a study of a number of memorials erected by the count Per Brahe junior between 1653 and 1680 on Visingsö and in Skärstad in Småland, at Dimbo in Västergötland and Östra Ryd in Uppland. The memorials belong to a period, when his county Visingsborg in Sweden and baro

Vilka föremålstyper finns samlingen? Ger de oss en ny kunskap? Varför samla på gamla fornsaker? Vad gör samlaren till en samlare? Hur påverkar samlarens livsbiografi samlandet? Vilken roll har tidens värderingar och lagstiftning? Vilken relevans har fornsakssamlingar idag?Samlaren och friherren Carl Gyllenstiernas fornsakssamling på Krapperup i nordvästra Skåne är utgångspunkten för denna arkeolog