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.
Jerusalem is conceived as a code in this volume focussing on Jerusalem's impact on
Protestantism and Christianity in Early Modern Scandinavia. 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)
