Tracing the Jerusalem Code

With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image – or rather the imagination – of Jerusalem in the religious, political, and artistic cultures of Scandinavia through most of the second millennium. Volume 3 analyses the impact of Jerusalem on Scandinavian Christianity from the middle of the 18. century in a broad context. Tracing the Jerusalem Code in three volumesVolume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100–1536)Volume 2: The Chosen People Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536–ca. 1750)Volume 3: The Promised Land Christian Cultures in Modern Scandinavia (ca. 1750–ca. 1920)