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With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image – or rather the imagination – of Jerusalem in the religious, political, and artistic cultures of Scandinavia through most of the second millennium. Jerusalem is conceived as a code to Christian cultures in Scandinavia. The first volume is dealing with the different notions of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages.

Tracing the Jerusalem Code in three volumes
Volume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100–1536)
Volume 2: The Chosen People Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536–ca. 1750)
Volume 3: The Promised Land Christian Cultures in Modern Scandinavia (ca. 1750–ca. 1920)

Tracing the Jerusalem Code: Volume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100–1536)

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      Publisher: De Gruyter
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/04/2021
      ISBN13: 9783110634853, 978-3110634853
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      Book Synopsis

      With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image – or rather the imagination – of Jerusalem in the religious, political, and artistic cultures of Scandinavia through most of the second millennium. Jerusalem is conceived as a code to Christian cultures in Scandinavia. The first volume is dealing with the different notions of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages.

      Tracing the Jerusalem Code in three volumes
      Volume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100–1536)
      Volume 2: The Chosen People Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536–ca. 1750)
      Volume 3: The Promised Land Christian Cultures in Modern Scandinavia (ca. 1750–ca. 1920)

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