Symbols on Medieval Memorials

The possibility of pagan symbolism depicting grave goods continuing into the Christian centuries is examined. The greater frequency of symbols on medieval memorials in areas formerly under pagan Viking control is stressed. The symbols most commonly carved on memorials are those most often discovered with pagan burial or interred with Christian priestly burial

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History

• Remembering and Forgetting the Medieval Dead

  Open Access•Howard Williams•Archaeologies of Remembrance•2003

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• III.—The Tombs of Archbishops Walter de Gray (1216–55) and Godfrey de Ludham (1258–65) in York Minster, and their Contents

  Open Access•Hartmut Ramm, H G Ramm•Archaeologia•1971

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• The Vikings' Relationship with Christianity in Northern England

  David M Wilson•Journal of the British…•1967

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• Minor Medieval Monumental Sculpture in the East Midlands

  Lawrence Butler, L A S Butler•Archaeological Journal•1964

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• On the Sepulchral Slabs Existing in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham

  Edward Charlton•Archaeological Journal•1848

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• The Significance of the Secular Sculptures in the Lane Chapel, Cullompton

  E M Carus‐wilson, Eleanora Carus-Wilson•Medieval Archaeology•1957

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• A Viking-age Grave at Donnybrook, Co. Dublin

  R A Hall, Richard Hall et al.•Medieval Archaeology•1978

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• The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Finglesham, Kent

  Sonia Chadwick, Sonia E Chadwick•Medieval Archaeology•1958

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