Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050-1250, Volume I (eBook, ePUB)

Material Resources
Redaktion: Poulsen, Bjørn; Sigurðsson, Jón Viðar; Vogt, Helle

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book, first in a series of three, examines the social elites in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland, and which social, political and cultural resources went into their creation, through questions such as: Which types of resources were at play? How did the elites acquire and exchange resources?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429557286
• Artikelnr.: 56140509

Autorenporträt

Bjørn Poulsen is Professor of Medieval History at the School of Culture and Society at University of Aarhus. Helle Vogt is Professor in Legal History at the Faculty of Law at University of Copenhagen. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson is Professor of Medieval History at University of Oslo.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Changes in the Nordic Elites' Way of Extracting a Surplus
from Landed Resources 2. From Slavery to Tenant Farming: Elite Economies in
the Nordic Area c. 1050-1250 3. The Early Introduction of the Moldboard
Plow in Denmark: Agrarian Technology and the Medieval Elites 4. Inheritance
and Transfer of Landed Property: The Material Fundament of the Elites 5.
Silver, Land, Towns, and the Elites: Social and Legal Aspects of Silver in
Scandinavia c. 850-1150 6. The Elites and Money 7. Customs and Toll in the
Nordic Area c. 800-1300 8. Holding Royal Office and the Creation and
Consolidation of the Elites in Scandinavia c. 1050-1250 9. The Social
Elites and Incomes from Churches c. 1050-1250 10. The Icelandic Chieftains
and Their Economic Foundation c. 1050-1250 11. Conclusion