English translation: Alan Crozier.
For visitors to the Gamla Uppsala Historical Centre, this exhibition catalogue will prolong the experience. If you are planning a visit, it is an excellent preparation for getting to know the place.
The book contains ten essays connected with the exhibition "Myth, Might, and Man". The authors are well-known scholars who communicate their knowledge of the legendary site in a concise and accessible form.
There is also a map of the site and a list of the museums that have lent the objects on show in the exhibition stands.
Author(s): Gunnel Friberg (ed.)
Publisher: National Heritage Board
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 64
City: Stockholm
4-5 Map of the area
6 Gamla Uppsala during the Migration Period / Bo Gräslund
13 The Kings' Mounds / Jan Eric Sjöberg
25 The Myths and the Gods / Olof Sundqvist
30 The Viking Age: Conflicts and Compromises at Gamla Uppsala / Władysław Duczko
37 The Uppsala Cult / Olof Sundqvist
40 From Pagan Temple to Parish Church / Ann Catherine Bonnier
47 Gamla Uppsala during the Middle Ages / Sigurd Rahmqvist
50 Gothicism: From Glorification of History to Hope for the Future / Bo Grandien
54 Scholars at Gamla Uppsala / Jan Eric Sjöberg
58 An Arrow through the Celestial Sphere: A Place-Bound Exhibition / Stefan Alenius
62 About the Authors
63 Lenders
