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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Adams, Jonathan
• Rönnby, Johan

Titel

The Danish Griffin: The Wreck of an Early Modern Royal Carvel from 1495

Ist Teil von

• The International journal of nautical archaeology, 2022-01, Vol.51 (1), p.46-72

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the waters of the Southern Baltic, off the island of Stora Ekön, lies the wreck of a ship lost in 1495 belonging to King John (Hans) of Denmark (1455-1513). This paper draws on the archaeological investigation of the site since 2013 and summarizes previous archaeological and historical research. In its design, construction, and weapons technology the ship is both a rare example of a large carvel-built 'great ship' from the final phase of the Middle Ages and, in its role as floating embassy, a manifestation of socio-political processes of change that transitioned medieval Europe to a global, maritime world.