Blar i Institutt for kultur, religion og samfunnsfag på forfatter "Alvestad, Karl Christian"
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The 'Accurate' Deeds of Our Fathers: The 'Authentic' Narrative of Early Norway
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Chapter, 2021)Since the end of the Second World War, Norwegian medievalism has changed in both expression and content from a narrative of heroic fathers of the nation to the experiences of history of the common man. This chapter will ... -
Here be Vikings: Ethno-National Narratives in Late Nineteenth Century Norwegian Textbooks
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021)The late nineteenth was a time of national awakening in Europe, and Norway was no exception. The young nation sought to define itself and consider its identity and political narratives in the face of changes on the continent. ... -
A Kingdom for my Bed: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in Harald Fairhair’s Conquest of Norway
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Snorri Sturluson’s account of Harald I Fairhair’s conquest and unification of Norway starts with a failed marriage proposal and a haughty girl refusing to marry Harald until he has subjugated all of Norway and rules as the ... -
Mainstream Norwegian Medievalism in the Twenty-first Century Continuity and Change in Narrative and Form
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Scholarship and media discussions of Medievalism in contemporary Norway has focused on the right-wing and fascist movements use of Vikings and medieval history and forgotten the medievalism that permeates mainstream Norwegian ... -
Middelalders helter og Norsk nasjonalisme før andre verdenskrig
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)I løpet av Grunnlovsforhandlingene på Eidsvoll i 1814 ble ikke bare grunnlaget for den nye norske staten lagt, men her ble også grunnlaget for hva som skulle bli de tonegivende elementer innen den unge nasjonens identitet ... -
Olav Haraldssons bilde i den moderne verden Gustav Vigeland's image of St Olaf
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Chapter, 2019)Arven etter Gustav Vigeland er mangfoldig og betydningsfull i både en nasjonal og internasjonal sammenheng. Men blant de mindre kjente elementene i produksjonen hans er arbeidene han utførte mens han var tilknyttet ... -
Olavian Traces in Post-Medieval England
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Chapter, 2020)In 1918 Sir James Bird, clerk to the London County Council, mournfully noted that if the church of St Olave, Southwark, was destroyed and its parish abolished, it would mark the end of an almost nine-hundred-year-long ... -
Swithun in the North: A Winchester Saint in Norway
Alvestad, Karl Christian (Chapter, 2021)This paper briefly examines the veneration of the ninth-century Winchester bishop St Swithun in Norway throughout the centuries. By taking a chronological and at times historiographical view this paper demonstrates that ...