Jerusalem in Viken Crusading Ideology, Church-Building and Monasticism in South-Eastern Norway in the Twelfth Century

• Main Author: Bandlien, Bjørn (auth, Editor)
• Other Authors: Carlsson, Christer (auth), Ekroll, Øystein (auth), Lunde, Øivind (auth), Nicholson, Helen Jane (auth), Skovgaard-Petersen, Karen (auth), Svandal, Trond (auth), Wienberg, Jes (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Oslo Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing) 2023
• Subjects: Medieval history; Medieval European archaeology; Norway; round church, medieval Scandinavia, St Olav's church, Hospitallers, Tønsberg
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

St Olav's Church in Tønsberg in Viken (the area surrounding the Oslo Fjord in south-eastern Norway) burned along with most of the medieval town in 1536, the same year the Reformation was introduced to Norway. The church was never rebuilt, and its ruins were forgotten for centuries. When they we...