Rulership in 1st to 14th century Scandinavia : royal graves and sites at Avaldsnes and beyond / edited by Dagfinn Skre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skre, Dagfinn, editor.

Østmo, Einar, 1946- contributor.

Østmo, Mari Arentz, contributor.

Iversen, Frode, contributor.

Bill, Jan, contributor.

Sand-Eriksen, Anette, contributor.

Nordlie, Erlend, contributor.

Hommedal, Alf Tore, contributor.

Opsahl, Erik, contributor.

Series:

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 114.

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 1866-7678 ; Band 114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vikings.

History.

Scandinavia--History--To 1397.

Scandinavia.

Scandinavia--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Vikings--History.

Avaldsnes (Norway)--History.

Avaldsnes (Norway).

Physical Description:

xiv, 545 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, facsimiles, maps, plans ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Rulership in first to fourteenth century Scandinavia

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2020]

Summary:

This book discusses the 3rd-11th century developments that led to the formation of the three Scandinavian kingdoms in the Viking Age. Wide-ranging studies of communication routes, regional identities, judicial territories, and royal sites and graves trace a complex trajectory of rulership in these pagan Germanic societies. In the final section, new light is shed on the pinnacle and demise of the Norwegian kingdom in the 13th-14th centuries.

Contents:

Section A: The West-Scandinavian coast. 1. The history of the Norvegr 2000 BC-1000 AD / Einar Østmo ; 2. Intraregional diversity. Approaching changes in political topographies in south-western Norway through burials with brooches, AD 200-1000 / Mari Arentz Østmo

Section B: Rulership in first-millennium Scandinavia. 3. Rulership and ruler's sites in 1st-10th century Scandinavia / Dagfinn Skre ; 4. Between tribe and kingdom: people, land, and law in Scandza AD 500-1350 / Frode Iversen ; The ship graves on Kormt: and beyond / Jan Bill

Section C: The high-medieval royal manor. 6. The high-medieval royal manor complex / Anette Sand-Eriksen, Erlend Nordlie ; 7. The royal edifice at Avaldsnes: a palatium for the king or a residence for his canons? / Alf Tore Hommedal ; 8. Avaldsnes' position in Norway in the 14th century / Erik Opsahl.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

PDF

ePub

ISBN:

9783110425796

3110425793

OCLC:

1134983502

Publisher Number:

9783110425796