Ethnographic studies trace the background to and impact of
urbanisation and Christianisation, and the development of royal
power, which stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the
medieval period. Using the evidence of archaeology, poetry, legal
texts and annals, this volume investigates the social, economic and
symbolic structures of early Scandinavia at the time of the Viking
expansion. The contributors provide an outlineethnography, covering
dwellings and settlements, kinship and social relations, law,
political structures and external relations, rural and urban
economies, and the ideology of warfare. The topics are discussed
through case-studies, illustrating the changing scholarly
interpretations of this formative period in Scandinavian history.
By addressing these key research questions, the contributions trace
the background to and the impact of urbanisation and
Christianisation, and the development of royal power, which
stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the medieval
period in Scandinavia. JUDITH JESCH is Professor in Viking Studies
at the University of Nottingham. Contributors: LENA HOLMQUIST
OLAUSSON, BENTE MAGNUS, E. VESTERGAARD, BIRGIT ARRHENIUS, STEFAN
BRINK, LISE BENDER JORGENSEN, SVEND NIELSEN, FRANDS HERSCHEND,
NIELS LUND, DAVID N. DUMVILLE, JUDITH JESCH, DENNIS H. GREEN.
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