This volume offers an interdisciplinary and geographically wide-ranging approach to understanding the emergence of towns and commerce in Viking-age Scandinavia and their eventual demise by the end of the period. It tracks the diverging characteristics of urban communities against the background of traditional social structures in the Viking world.
This volume offers an interdisciplinary and geographically wide-ranging approach to understanding the emergence of towns and commerce in Viking-age Scandinavia and their eventual demise by the end of the period. It tracks the diverging characteristics of urban communities against the background of traditional social structures in the Viking world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sven Kalmring is a scholar of Viking-age archaeology who specialises in maritime archaeology and early medieval urbanisation. A researcher at the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology in Schleswig, Germany, and docent at Stockholm University, Sweden, he serves on the board of the Medieval Europe Research Community and is a delegate to the Viking Congress.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. The Viking-age town: Context and academic debate 3. The Viking world 4. Cult, jurisdiction and markets: Things and regional fairs at traditional centres of power 5. Local society and Viking-age towns 6. An urbanisation based on harbours 7. Jurisdiction and taxes 8. Free trade within narrow boundaries 9. Special economic zones of their time 10. Development after the inception phase 11. Discussion: Hedeby's abandonment and the foundation of Slesvig 12. Summary and conclusions.
1. Introduction 2. The Viking-age town: Context and academic debate 3. The Viking world 4. Cult, jurisdiction and markets: Things and regional fairs at traditional centres of power 5. Local society and Viking-age towns 6. An urbanisation based on harbours 7. Jurisdiction and taxes 8. Free trade within narrow boundaries 9. Special economic zones of their time 10. Development after the inception phase 11. Discussion: Hedeby's abandonment and the foundation of Slesvig 12. Summary and conclusions.
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