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Härskarsymbol och högsäte - om betydelsen av västmarkeringar i romanska kyrkor

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Author

  • Ing-Marie Nilsson

Summary, in English

While the liturgical centre of the church is the high altar in the chancel, the western part of the Romanesque church has often been ascribed a more secular character. This seems to be an area where those in power could assert their authority in a religious setting. The magnitude of these manifestations vary greatly, from the ostentatious westworks of the cathedrals and the miscellaneous forms of western towers of many ordinary country churches, down to the humble elevated western benches of the towerless houses of worship. The variation in scale and form has mostly been viewed as a consequence of varying economic

resources among the builders, but in this article it is argued that different

expressions were chosen because they also had different functional, social and symbolic connotations.

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

31-49

Publication/Series

META. Medeltidsarkeologisk tidskrift.

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Medeltidsarkeologiska föreningen

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • architectural symbolism
  • Medieval churches
  • church towers

Status

Published