Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the Tenth Century Jesch Judith
Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the Tenth Century Jesch Judith Using the evidence of archaeology, poetry, legal texts and annals, this volume investigates the social, economic and symbolic…
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Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the Tenth Century Jesch Judith
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 topics are discussed through case-studies, illustrating the changing scholarly interpretations of this formative period in Scandinavian history. 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.
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