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Ellis Nilsson, S. (2024). A Mutually Beneficial Relationship: Saints and the Legitimization of Elite Ecclesiastical Institutions in Sweden and Denmark before 1300. In: Grzegorz Pac, Steffen Hope, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson (Ed.), The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe up to 1300: (pp. 331-356). Turnhout: Brepols
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Mutually Beneficial Relationship: Saints and the Legitimization of Elite Ecclesiastical Institutions in Sweden and Denmark before 1300
2024 (English)In: The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe up to 1300 / [ed] Grzegorz Pac, Steffen Hope, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Turnhout: Brepols, 2024, p. 331-356Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Turnhout: Brepols, 2024
National Category
History History of Religions
Research subject
Humanities, History; Humanities, Study of Religions
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-130065 (URN)10.1484/M.CPMH-EB.5.137543 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-06-07 Created: 2024-06-07 Last updated: 2024-06-11Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S. (2024). Helgonen: de levandes ombud på andra sidan. Forskning och framsteg (2), 62-67
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Helgonen: de levandes ombud på andra sidan
2024 (Swedish)In: Forskning och framsteg, ISSN 0015-7937, no 2, p. 62-67Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [sv]

Mirakler och donationer till helgon ger en inblick i vanliga människors liv under medeltiden.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: , 2024
National Category
History History of Religions
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-128106 (URN)
Available from: 2024-03-04 Created: 2024-03-04 Last updated: 2024-04-10Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S. (2024). Reconstructing Viking Ships in European Cultural Heritage Institutions. In: Sara Ellis Nilsson, Stefan Nyzell (Ed.), Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations (pp. 159-176). London: Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Reconstructing Viking Ships in European Cultural Heritage Institutions
2024 (English)In: Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations / [ed] Sara Ellis Nilsson, Stefan Nyzell, London: Routledge, 2024, p. 159-176Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London: Routledge, 2024
Series
Critical Heritages of Europe
National Category
Cultural Studies History and Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-128086 (URN)10.4324/9781003111115-14 (DOI)2-s2.0-85195357375 (Scopus ID)9781003111115 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-03-01 Created: 2024-03-01 Last updated: 2025-01-22Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S. & Nyzell, S. (2024). The Mythopoetic Viking in European Cultural Heritage. In: Sara Ellis Nilsson, Stefan Nyzell (Ed.), Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations (pp. 3-17). London: Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Mythopoetic Viking in European Cultural Heritage
2024 (English)In: Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations / [ed] Sara Ellis Nilsson, Stefan Nyzell, London: Routledge, 2024, p. 3-17Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London: Routledge, 2024
Series
Critical Heritages of Europe
Keywords
Development Studies, Environment, Social Work, Urban Studies, Humanities, Museum and Heritage Studies, Social Sciences
National Category
History and Archaeology Cultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-128085 (URN)10.4324/9781003111115-2 (DOI)2-s2.0-85195345857 (Scopus ID)9781003111115 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-03-01 Created: 2024-03-01 Last updated: 2025-01-22Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S. & Nyzell, S. (Eds.). (2024). Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations. London: Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations
2024 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London: Routledge, 2024. p. 247
Series
Critical Heritages of Europe
Keywords
Development Studies, Environment, Social Work, Urban Studies, Humanities, Museum and Heritage Studies, Social Sciences
National Category
History and Archaeology Cultural Studies
Research subject
Humanities, History; Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-128084 (URN)10.4324/9781003111115 (DOI)2-s2.0-85195357552 (Scopus ID)9780367628628 (ISBN)9781003111115 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-03-01 Created: 2024-03-01 Last updated: 2025-01-22Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S. (2023). Gemenskapens betydelse i att skapa helgon i det medeltida Sverige: Johanna Tynnelä-Haapamäki, Constructing Episcopal Sainthood in Late Medieval Sweden: the Cases of Brynolphus Algoti and Nicolaus Hermanni [Review]. Historisk Tidskrift, 143(3), 449-453
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Gemenskapens betydelse i att skapa helgon i det medeltida Sverige: Johanna Tynnelä-Haapamäki, Constructing Episcopal Sainthood in Late Medieval Sweden: the Cases of Brynolphus Algoti and Nicolaus Hermanni
2023 (Swedish)In: Historisk Tidskrift, ISSN 0345-469X, E-ISSN 2002-4827, Vol. 143, no 3, p. 449-453Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Svenska Historiska Föreningen, 2023
National Category
History
Research subject
Humanities, History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-125510 (URN)001076243800009 ()2-s2.0-85186188822 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-11-06 Created: 2023-11-06 Last updated: 2024-04-04Bibliographically approved
Petrulevich, A., Lethbridge, E., Gammeltoft, P. & Ellis Nilsson, S. (2023). Humanities-driven Geospatial Data Infrastructure Development for Vision 2030. In: Andersen, Kristin (Ed.), Fast Track to Vision 2030: (pp. 19-22). Nordiska ministerrådet, NordForsk
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Humanities-driven Geospatial Data Infrastructure Development for Vision 2030
2023 (English)In: Fast Track to Vision 2030 / [ed] Andersen, Kristin, Nordiska ministerrådet, NordForsk , 2023, p. 19-22Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Nordiska ministerrådet, NordForsk, 2023
Keywords
innovation; geospatial sector; spatial humanities; digital humanities; humanities research infrastructures; spatial-temporal data modelling; spatial research infrastructures in the humanities; spatial-temporal data; place-names; spatial references; spatial analysis; GIS; linked open data; sustainability; Vision 2030; Nordic citizens and residents
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-124087 (URN)
Funder
NordForsk, 345105
Available from: 2023-09-05 Created: 2023-09-05 Last updated: 2024-08-16Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S., Zachrisson, T., Fröjmark, A., Liepe, L. & Åhlfeldt, J. (2023). Mapping Saints: creating a digital spatial research infrastructure to study medieval lived religion. In: ALEXANDRA PETRULEVICH; SIMON SKOVGAARD BOECK (Ed.), Digital Spatial Infrastructures and Worldviews in Pre-Modern Societies: (pp. 33-58). Arc Humanities Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Mapping Saints: creating a digital spatial research infrastructure to study medieval lived religion
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2023 (English)In: Digital Spatial Infrastructures and Worldviews in Pre-Modern Societies / [ed] ALEXANDRA PETRULEVICH; SIMON SKOVGAARD BOECK, Arc Humanities Press, 2023, p. 33-58Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Arc Humanities Press, 2023
Keywords
digital humanities, spatial humanities, research infrastructure, pre-modern society, worldview
National Category
History Art History
Research subject
Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-124612 (URN)10.2307/jj.2430371.6 (DOI)978-1-80270-079-4 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2023-09-15 Created: 2023-09-15 Last updated: 2023-09-19Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S., Kolbe, W. & Zachrisson, T. (2022). Redaktörerna har ordet. Scandia, 88(2), 191-198
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Redaktörerna har ordet
2022 (Swedish)In: Scandia, ISSN 0036-5483, Vol. 88, no 2, p. 191-198Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Abstract [sv]

Denna introducerande text diskuterar det aktuella temanumret Levd religion i det förmoderna Nordeuropa.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Scandia, 2022
National Category
History
Research subject
Humanities, History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-119534 (URN)10.47868/scandia.v88i2.24798 (DOI)000904106200001 ()
Available from: 2023-02-23 Created: 2023-02-23 Last updated: 2023-10-27Bibliographically approved
Ellis Nilsson, S., Liepe, L. & Zachrisson, T. (2022). Scandia introducerar: Levd religion i det förmoderna Nordeuropa: [Lived religion in premodern Northern Europe]. Scandia, 88(2), 317-337
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Scandia introducerar: Levd religion i det förmoderna Nordeuropa: [Lived religion in premodern Northern Europe]
2022 (Swedish)In: Scandia, ISSN 0036-5483, Vol. 88, no 2, p. 317-337Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

For most of human history, religious beliefs and practices have been fundamental to how people have understood and interacted with the world around them. Religion helped shape the rhythm of life, work, and social relationships, imbibing them with meaning. If historians wish to understand people in the past, it is of utmost importance that we understand their lived religious experiences. Religion is likewise a fundamental part of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Indeed, the aim of this current thematic issue, Lived Religion in Premodern Northern Europe, is to introduce the concept of lived religion as an analytical tool to a wider audience in the hope of seeing more studies of lived religiosity, especially of the premodern Nordic region.

In order to put this thematic issue into context, the development of lived religion as an analytical perspective is introduced and explored in this article. The historiography reveals that the concept originated in the attempt to come to grips with religious variation and move away from studies of the purely dogmatic and theological aspects of religion, as well as the dichotomies which arose from efforts to distinguish popular/elite religion. As a concept, lived religion was introduced by the 1990s as part of this effort, and first used by sociologists and anthropologists to understand contemporary religious expression. Gradually it has also been applied to understand historical contexts. In research published in English, it began to be widely used by the early 2000s, while in Nordic contexts it has mainly been Finnish researchers who have adopted and continued to develop the concept in studies about pre-modern religiosity in the past decade. This article discusses the different ways in which lived religion and its related concepts have been applied in research dealing with pre-modern religious experiences and with an especial focus on research in and about the Nordic countries.

In general, lived religion is seen as something that individuals do by adopting different customs and practices and using them in accordance with their own needs and priorities, not just something they believe. It can be expressed physically in an individual’s interactions with their material surroundings, as well as within social interactions and through language. Lived religion entails studying how people lived their religion, rather than about faith as an articulated internalization of theologically defined belief-systems. The focus is on religiosity anchored in bodily, intellectual, emotional, and everyday practices.

The aim of this article and indeed the thematic issue is to emphasize that research on religiosity thrives best in a climate where many different perspectives are available: lived religion is just one of many useful concepts. We hope that we will see further research in which lived experiences of pre-modern religiosity – in all religious traditions – in the North are highlighted.

Abstract [sv]

Under större delen av mänsklighetens historia har religiösa föreställningar och sedvänjor varit grundläggande för hur människor har förstått och interagerat med sin omvärld. Religionen har bidragit till att forma livets, arbetets och de sociala relationernas rytm och gett dem en mening. Om historiker vill förstå människor i det förflutna är det av yttersta vikt att vi förstår deras levda religiösa erfarenheter. Religion är också en grundläggande del av både det materiella och immateriella kulturarvet. Syftet med detta aktuella temanummer, Levd religion i det förmoderna Nordeuropa, är att introducera begreppet levd religion som ett analytiskt verktyg för en bredare publik i hopp om att få se fler studier av levd religiositet, särskilt i det förmoderna Norden.

För att sätta detta temanummer i ett sammanhang introduceras och utforskas utvecklingen av levd religion som analytiskt perspektiv i denna artikel. Historieskrivningen visar att begreppet har sitt ursprung i ett försök att komma till rätta med religiös variation och komma bort från studier av de rent dogmatiska och teologiska aspekterna av religionen, liksom de dikotomier som uppstod i samband med försök att skilja mellan folklig och elitmässig religion. Begreppet "levd religion" introducerades på 1990-talet som en del av denna strävan och användes först av sociologer och antropologer för att förstå samtida religiösa uttryck. Successivt har det också använts för att förstå historiska sammanhang. I forskning som publicerats på engelska började begreppet användas i stor utsträckning i början av 2000-talet, medan det i nordiska sammanhang främst har varit finska forskare som har anammat och fortsatt att utveckla begreppet i studier om förmodern religiositet under det senaste decenniet. I denna artikel diskuteras de olika sätt på vilka levd religion och dess relaterade begrepp har tillämpats i forskning som behandlar förmoderna religiösa erfarenheter och med särskilt fokus på forskning i och om de nordiska länderna.

Generellt sett ses levd religion som något som individer gör genom att anta olika seder och bruk och använda dem i enlighet med sina egna behov och prioriteringar, inte bara som något de tror på. Den kan uttryckas fysiskt i en individs interaktioner med sin materiella omgivning, liksom inom sociala interaktioner och genom språket. Levd religion innebär att man studerar hur människor levde sin religion, snarare än om tro som en artikulerad internalisering av teologiskt definierade trossystem. Fokus ligger på religiositet som är förankrad i kroppsliga, intellektuella, känslomässiga och vardagliga praktiker.

Syftet med den här artikeln och även med det tematiska numret är att betona att forskning om religiositet trivs bäst i ett klimat där många olika perspektiv är tillgängliga: levd religion är bara ett av många användbara begrepp. En särskild förhoppning är dessutom att vi kommer att få se fler förmoderna studier som angriper också andra religiösa traditioner än den kristna med detta perspektiv.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund University, 2022
Keywords
lived religion, Nordic countries, religion, medieval, early modern, history of experiences
National Category
History Art History Religious Studies Cultural Studies
Research subject
Humanities, History; Humanities, Art science; Humanities, Study of Religions
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-117987 (URN)10.47868/scandia.v88i2.24804 (DOI)000904106200007 ()
Available from: 2022-12-20 Created: 2022-12-20 Last updated: 2023-07-13Bibliographically approved
Projects
Mapping Lived Religion: Medieval cults of saints in Sweden and Finland [2018-06216_VR]; Linnaeus University; Publications
Ellis Nilsson, S. (2024). A Mutually Beneficial Relationship: Saints and the Legitimization of Elite Ecclesiastical Institutions in Sweden and Denmark before 1300. In: Grzegorz Pac, Steffen Hope, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson (Ed.), The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe up to 1300: (pp. 331-356). Turnhout: BrepolsEllis Nilsson, S. (2024). Helgonen: de levandes ombud på andra sidan. Forskning och framsteg (2), 62-67Liepe, L. (2024). Mapping Lived Religion. Medieval Cults of Saints in Sweden and Finland. In: : . Paper presented at 59 International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 09–11 maj, 2024. Liepe, L. (2024). Saints and their relics in the Middle Ages: Lifelines in a precarious existenc. In: : . Paper presented at North European Cathedral Conference, Lund, 8 february, 2024. Liepe, L. (2023). Bilden av S:t Sigfrid. In: : . Paper presented at 35 Stifthistoriska symposiet, Kalmar 2023.05.03. Ellis Nilsson, S., Zachrisson, T., Fröjmark, A., Liepe, L. & Åhlfeldt, J. (2023). Mapping Saints: creating a digital spatial research infrastructure to study medieval lived religion. In: ALEXANDRA PETRULEVICH; SIMON SKOVGAARD BOECK (Ed.), Digital Spatial Infrastructures and Worldviews in Pre-Modern Societies: (pp. 33-58). Arc Humanities PressLiepe, L. (2023). Mapping Saints’ Cults in Medieval Sweden and Finland.: A Digital Humanities Project.. In: Teresa Nicolau (Ed.), Relíquias em projeto – Relics in project.: Jornada 2 – Journey 2. 18–19 Novembro/November 2022.. Paper presented at Relíquias em projeto. Conferências com debate. Reliquiarum–Museu de Sao Roque, Lissabon 2022.11.18-19 (pp. 89-97). Lissabon: Museu de Sao RoqueLiepe, L. (2023). Mapping Saints’ Cults in Medieval Sweden and Finland: A Digital Humanities Project. In: Relíquias em projeto – Relics in project. Jornada 2 – Journey 2: 18–19 Novembro/November 2022 (pp. 89-97). Lissabon: Museo Sao RoqueLiepe, L. (2023). Reliquaries and saints’ shrines. In: Stang, Margrethe C., Tillery, Laura (Ed.), The Medieval Scandinavian Art Reader: (pp. 296-306). Oslo: Scandinavian Academic Press Spartacus ForlagLiepe, L. (2022). Bilden av S:t Sigfrid genom 800 år. In: Aldén Lars, Bexell Oloph, Sidenvall Erik (Ed.), Växjö stift 850 år.: Studier och essäer (pp. 39-76). Skellefteå: Artos & Norma bokförlag
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