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Later Medieval Aristocratic Landscapes in Scandinavia

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Author

Editor

  • Anne-­‐Marie Flambard Hericher

Summary, in English

During the last couple of decades it has become obvious that the aristocracy created elite landscapes around their castles. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the presence of late medieval elite aristocratic landscapes in Scandinavia. The castles of Bergkvara in medieval Sweden and Glimmingehus and Gurre in medieval Denmark are discussed. The result shows that the Scandinavian aristocracy used the landscape around their castles for fulfilling the aristocratic lifestyle and that it is possible to find Scandinavian versions of the aristocratic landscapes we find elsewhere in Europe. It is however important to realise that they were adjusted to local circumstances.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

207-215

Publication/Series

Chateau Gaillard

Volume

26

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Presses universitaires de Caen, les Publications du CRAHM.

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • castles
  • landscape
  • aristocracy
  • Bergkvara
  • Glimmingehus
  • Gurre

Conference name

Chateau Gaillard XXVI

Conference date

2012-08-25 - 2012-09-01

Conference place

Abenraa, Denmark

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0577-5752