Nordic Elites in Transformation, C. 1050-1250, Volume III: Legitimacy and Glory Jezierski Wojtek

This book explores the practical and symbolic resources of legitimacy which the elites of medieval Scandinavia employed to establish, justify, and reproduce their social and political standing between the end of the Viking Age and the rise of kingdoms in the thirteenth century. Thematically the authors cover a wide palette of cultural practices and historical sources: hagiography, historiography, spaces and palaces, literature, and international connections, which rulers, magnates or ecclesiastics used to compete for status and to reserve haloing glory for themselves. Geographically the chapters cover the Scandinavian realms and Free State Iceland.

The first looks at the sacral, legal, and acclamatory means through which privilege was conferred onto kings and ruling families. The volume is divided in three sections. Section Two explores the spaces such as aristocratic halls, palaces,