Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) was the last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala to hold residence in Sweden. He was also an historian and wrote a major work on Swedish history, the Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus, which was published posthumously in Rome in 1554. The work eventually became the ideological foundation for Swedish patriotism in the 17th century. The Historia de regibus places a very strong focus on the monarchs: the work is actually arranged as a series of royal biographies. Imagery is rare in Johannes Magnus’ work, which makes it especially striking when it does occur and also suggests that it is important. He sometimes refers to the animal kingdom to illustrate character traits and actions of the monarchs. In this pa...
This thesis applies Animal Studies theory to a selection of texts from medieval literature and visua...
This paper will examine a Swedish medieval chronicle, the Erikskrönikan from the early 14th century....
In 13th century Europe, the German bishop and scholastic philosopher Albertus Magnus was one of the ...
Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) was the last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala to hold residence in Sweden....
The last Catholic archbishop of Sweden to hold residence in his see at Uppsala, Johannes Magnus (148...
In the medieval ruling catholic time the church walls was swarmed with programs of pictures with rel...
This article focuses on Parma Cathedral’s episcopal throne, which is an exemplar among cathedrae wit...
For more than four hundred years, up to the accession of the present king Carl XVI Gustaf in 1973, d...
The anonymous Libellus de Magno Erici Rege gives an outline of King Magnus Eriksson’s reign, paintin...
This article studies three medieval texts in which specific historical persons are presented as anim...
Even in Scandinavia, the lion is the most common predator in Romanesque church decoration. It is fou...
The Sacred Majesty of the King : Images of a carolingian Sovereign. The body of works examined cons...
The Chronica regni Gothorum is the first Latin national history of Sweden. Completed after 1471 by a...
The aim of this essay is to investigate and compare how Charles XII is depicted in the encyclopedias...
International audienceThis paper addresses the symbolism of redoubtable beasts in princely heraldic ...
This thesis applies Animal Studies theory to a selection of texts from medieval literature and visua...
This paper will examine a Swedish medieval chronicle, the Erikskrönikan from the early 14th century....
In 13th century Europe, the German bishop and scholastic philosopher Albertus Magnus was one of the ...
Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) was the last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala to hold residence in Sweden....
The last Catholic archbishop of Sweden to hold residence in his see at Uppsala, Johannes Magnus (148...
In the medieval ruling catholic time the church walls was swarmed with programs of pictures with rel...
This article focuses on Parma Cathedral’s episcopal throne, which is an exemplar among cathedrae wit...
For more than four hundred years, up to the accession of the present king Carl XVI Gustaf in 1973, d...
The anonymous Libellus de Magno Erici Rege gives an outline of King Magnus Eriksson’s reign, paintin...
This article studies three medieval texts in which specific historical persons are presented as anim...
Even in Scandinavia, the lion is the most common predator in Romanesque church decoration. It is fou...
The Sacred Majesty of the King : Images of a carolingian Sovereign. The body of works examined cons...
The Chronica regni Gothorum is the first Latin national history of Sweden. Completed after 1471 by a...
The aim of this essay is to investigate and compare how Charles XII is depicted in the encyclopedias...
International audienceThis paper addresses the symbolism of redoubtable beasts in princely heraldic ...
This thesis applies Animal Studies theory to a selection of texts from medieval literature and visua...
This paper will examine a Swedish medieval chronicle, the Erikskrönikan from the early 14th century....
In 13th century Europe, the German bishop and scholastic philosopher Albertus Magnus was one of the ...