The best ensured and most authentic battle church is Borgund battle church in Norway. This brilliant wooden design was created in the time span some place in the scope of 1180 and 1200 AD.
In countries where incredible quality wood is plentiful, people made unprecedented capacities to use this material being developed. History has shown that in the ownership of skilled worker wood becomes as solid and intense improvement material as stone and squares.
The style of battle heavenly places filled commonly in the 11th – fourteenth many years. Specialists consider that this style was expansive in Scandinavia, similar style of advancement was used in Britain too.
Battle advancement isn't really designing style however rather a specific improvement plan, which is reiterated in various sanctuaries – structures which should be immense, delegate and apparently ceaseless. This improvement procedure replaced previously, less powerful advancement systems – palisade and post turns of events, where the wooden posts were slammed straightforwardly into the soil. These advancements were not broad – wood rotted in certain numerous years (in superb cases – many years) due to rot. In especially created battle church the wooden improvement lays on tremendous edge layout, which stays on the most noteworthy mark of stone foundation. If the material is strong and consistent and improvement is a lot of made, the construction addresses various many years. The name of building comes from battles – huge corner posts. Various bits of plan – dividers and roof – in like manner required a great deal of capacities. Norse people acquired this data in long many long stretches of genuine boat building and advancement of longhouses. Important piece of battle sanctuaries is decision woodcarving – paragon of Norse arrangement.
Advancement of Borgund church indicates a huge period all through the whole presence of early Christianity in Scandinavia. In 1153 Norway transformed into an alternate space of the assembly, with a center in Nidaros – contemporary Trondheim. An imperative improvement of sanctuary building started in Norway. Most Norse didn't live in colossal towns – they jumped at the chance to live in unending little towns spread around deltas. In light of this should be developed two or three huge churches yet rather incalculable more humble ones. Plan of battle blessed spots was generally fitting for this. Throughout certain quite a while there were built hundreds (if not huge number of) these places of love all around Norway. It shows that Norse people had heaps of gifted carpenters – numerous places of love were confronting the nineteenth century and dazzling woodcarvings are valued up right up until the present time.
Borgund St. Andrew's battle church was inalienable the superb, forested Lærdal valley in the time span some place in the scope of 1180 and 1200 (some notification that it was worked before 1150). In former times a huge track was going through this town. It was not the fundamental church here – research shows that it was inborn the site of earlier wooden church. It is well possible that it stays in the spot of more settled paganic favored spot. This especially amassed church has side walkways, chancel and apse, it was embellished with an external display. Housetop is securely held by scissor emanates – another huge detail of battle churches. At first the roof was covered with even sheets, shingles got notable later.
Church is sumptuously ornamented with woodcarvings. Most famous are four legendary monster heads on the pinnacles of the housetop which like cut winged snake heads of Norse boats. At first there were no windows – these were presented after the Reformation in 1537, to allow people to examine tunes inside the gathering. Some bit of the principal plans has been lost. Earlier the assembly was painted – in the troupe are recognizable traces of the main paint. Church could serve up to 300 people. In formed sources it was first referred to in 1320, when critical fixes were required.
On the dividers of sanctuary at the west passage are found a couple of runic inscriptions – in such manner this is the most entrancing battle church in Norway. At the north passage is a runic etching, cut by Þórir and attesting that paganic feelings really were alive: "Þórir cut these runes not long before Olaus-mass, as he went past here. The norns presented extents of good and despicable, unimaginable work … they made before me." Another runic etching scrutinizes essentially – "Ave Maria".
Today Borgund battle church (purchased in 1877 by the old-fashioned milestone protection society - Fortidsminneforeningen) is standard traveler area.
