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Gamla Uppsala ("Old Uppsala") is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1874. As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre.〔Hadenius, Stig; Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar. (1996). ''Sveriges historia''. Centraltryckeriet, Borås. ISBN 91-34-51857-6 p. 83: 〕 Early written sources show that already during pre-history, Gamla Uppsala was well known in Northern Europe as the residence of the Swedish kings of the legendary Yngling dynasty.〔The article ''Gamla Uppsala'', subsection ''Historia'', in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (1992): 〕 In fact, the oldest Scandinavian sources, such as ''Ynglingatal'', the ''Westrogothic law'' and the ''Gutasaga'' talk of the king of Sweden as the "King at Uppsala".〔 : 〕 During the Middle Ages, it was the largest village of Uppland, the eastern part of which probably originally formed the core of the complex of properties belonging to the Swedish Crown, the so-called Uppsala öd, of which the western part consisted of the royal estate itself, ''kungsgården''.〔The article ''Gamla Uppsala'', subsection ''Historia'', in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (1992): 〕 It was also the location of the Thing of all Swedes which was a thing (general assembly) held from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, at the end of February or early March. It was held in conjunction with a great fair called Disting, and a pagan celebration called Dísablót.〔(The article ''Disatinget'', in the encyclopedia ''Nordisk familjebok'' )〕〔(The article ''Disablot'', in the encyclopedia ''Nordisk familjebok'' ).〕 The ''Law of Uppland'' informs us that it was at this assembly that the king proclaimed that the leidang would be summoned for warfare during the summer, and all the crews, rowers, commanders and ships were decided.〔(Söderberg, Werner. (1896). "Några studier rörande Disasagan", in ''Samlaren''. p. 67. )〕 It was not only the pagan cultic centre, it also became Sweden's archbishopric in 1164.〔"KG Hammar fick vänta", ''Kyrkans Tidning'', nr 14, 2005.〕 ==Geographical description== Gamla Uppsala lies on Fyris Wolds, a cultivated plain in the valley of the River Fyris which is densely populated in its southern part, while the northern part consists of farms. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gamla Uppsala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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