Viking-age transformations : trade, craft and resources in western Scandinavia / edited by Zanette T. Glørstad and Kjetil Loftsgarden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glørstad, Zanette Tsigaridas, 1969- editor.

Loftsgarden, Kjetil, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce.

Scandinavia--Economic conditions.

Scandinavia.

Economic conditions.

Scandinavia--Commerce.

Scandinavia--History--To 1397.

History.

Economic history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 289 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

1 Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

The Viking Age was a period of profound change in Scandinavia. As kingdoms were established, Christianity became the encompassing ideological and cosmological framework and towns were formed. This book examines a central backdrop to these changes: the economic transformation of West Scandinavia. With a focus on the development of intensive and organized use of woodlands and alpine regions and domestic raw materials, together with the increasing standardization of products intended for long-distance trade, the volume sheds light on the emergence of a strong interconnectedness between remote rural areas and central markets. Viking-Age Transformations explores the connection between legal and economic practice, as the rural economy and monetary system developed in conjunction with nascent state power and the legal system. Thematically, the book is organized into sections addressing the nature and extent of trade in both marginal and centralized areas; production and the social, legal and economic aspects of exploiting natural resources and distributing products; and the various markets and sites of trade and consumption. A theoretically informed and empirically grounded collection that reveals the manner in which relationships of production and consumption transformed Scandinavian society with their influence on the legal and fiscal division of the landscape, this volume will appeal to scholars of archaeology, the history of trade and Viking studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgements

Viking-age economic transformations : the west-Scandinavian case / Dagfinn Skre

Trade and traders

Approaching trade in pre-state and early state societies / Eivind Heldaas Seland

The use of silver as a medium of exchange in Jämtland, c. 875-1050 / Olof Holm

Domestic and exotic materials in early medieval Norwegian towns : an archaeological perspective on production, procurement and consumption / Gitte Hansen

The price of justice and administration of coinage / Svein Gullbekk and Frode Iversen

Production and resources

The extensive iron production in Norway in the tenth to thirteenth century : a regional perspective / Ole Tveiten and Kjetil Loftsgarden

Viking-period non-ferrous metalworking and urban commodity production / Unn Pedersen

Soapstone vessels and quernstones as commodities in the Viking age and the middle ages / Irene Baug

The Uplands : the deepest of forest and the highest of mountains : resource exploitation and landscape management in the viking age and early middle ages in southern Norway / Kathrine Stene and Vivian Wangen

Sites of trade

A view from the valley : Langeid in Setesdal, south-Norway : a viking age trade station along a mercantile highway / Zanette Tsigaridas Glørstad and Camilla Cecilie Wenn

Heimdalsjordet : trade, production and communication / Jan Bill and Christian Løchsen Rødsrud

The skeid and other assemblies in the Norwegian "mountain land" / Kjetil Loftsgarden, Morten Ramstad and Frans-Arne Stylegar

The urban hinterland : interaction and law-areas in Viking and medieval Norway / Frode Iversen

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472470775

147247077X

OCLC:

960837789