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Romanesque Round Church Towers in Scandinavia

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Author

Editor

  • Claudia Theune
  • Felix Biermann
  • Ruth Struwe
  • Gerson H. Jeute

Summary, in English

The aim of the article is to discuss the interpretation of the Romanesque round church towers in Scandinavia. The article focuses on the 15-19 churches with round towers in medieval Denmark, Sweden and Norway, with the main part in Southern Schleswig and Scania; none are known from Finland. The chronology and social context, function and meaning of the church towers are discussed. Finally a list of the round church towers in Scandinavia is presented.Corrections i text-file 2015.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

515-521

Publication/Series

Internationale Archäologie. Studia honoraria

Volume

31

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • Romanesque church tower

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1433-4194
  • ISBN: 978-3-89646-550-4