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.
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