Ondh quinna ær diæwlsins dura naghil – En genusvetenskaplig studie av blyamuletter från medeltidens Danmark
(2019) ARKH04 20192Historical Archaeology
- Abstract
- Schilling, S., 2019. Ondh quinna ær diæwlsins dura naghil – a gender study of lead amulets from medieval Denmark.
During the middle ages, witches, sorcerers, elves and demons were lurking everywhere you walked and the fear of becoming possessed with a demon were every person’s worst fear. The church provided a form of protection that guaranteed safety by the power of God’s word. From the period of early 11th century through to the middle of 13th century, lead amulets were likely worn by every other women in Denmark. The amulets were folded multiple times with a size of approximately 2 x 2 cm when closed and has inscriptions that are only a few millimetres big. This essay aims to investigate whether or not these amulets were used to... (More) - Schilling, S., 2019. Ondh quinna ær diæwlsins dura naghil – a gender study of lead amulets from medieval Denmark.
During the middle ages, witches, sorcerers, elves and demons were lurking everywhere you walked and the fear of becoming possessed with a demon were every person’s worst fear. The church provided a form of protection that guaranteed safety by the power of God’s word. From the period of early 11th century through to the middle of 13th century, lead amulets were likely worn by every other women in Denmark. The amulets were folded multiple times with a size of approximately 2 x 2 cm when closed and has inscriptions that are only a few millimetres big. This essay aims to investigate whether or not these amulets were used to protect women from becoming obsessed by demons through another women´s magic. I have used a material of 27 lead amulets found in Denmark and analysed the written context to see if it could reveal anything about a fear of magic. The results of this, alongside the study of medieval view of magic, the impact of Christianity and scientific research of gender views led to the conclusion that lead amulets in this small amount are hard to analyse from a gender perspective. All though, the study was not in vain since it resulted in a very certain theory of who produced these small amulets that are found all over Denmark. Nuns and monks from monasteries would have been those who carved and folded the amulets. (Less)
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- Schilling, Sofie LU
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- ARKH04 20192
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Middle Ages, Denmark, Lead-amulets, Gender, Women
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- Swedish
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- 9007257
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abstract = {{Schilling, S., 2019. Ondh quinna ær diæwlsins dura naghil – a gender study of lead amulets from medieval Denmark.
During the middle ages, witches, sorcerers, elves and demons were lurking everywhere you walked and the fear of becoming possessed with a demon were every person’s worst fear. The church provided a form of protection that guaranteed safety by the power of God’s word. From the period of early 11th century through to the middle of 13th century, lead amulets were likely worn by every other women in Denmark. The amulets were folded multiple times with a size of approximately 2 x 2 cm when closed and has inscriptions that are only a few millimetres big. This essay aims to investigate whether or not these amulets were used to protect women from becoming obsessed by demons through another women´s magic. I have used a material of 27 lead amulets found in Denmark and analysed the written context to see if it could reveal anything about a fear of magic. The results of this, alongside the study of medieval view of magic, the impact of Christianity and scientific research of gender views led to the conclusion that lead amulets in this small amount are hard to analyse from a gender perspective. All though, the study was not in vain since it resulted in a very certain theory of who produced these small amulets that are found all over Denmark. Nuns and monks from monasteries would have been those who carved and folded the amulets.}},
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title = {{Ondh quinna ær diæwlsins dura naghil – En genusvetenskaplig studie av blyamuletter från medeltidens Danmark}},
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