Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050-1250, Volume I

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agrarian economy history
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Early Roman Iron Age
elite landownership
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feudal resource control
Free State Period
Furrow Fields
Germanic Iron Age
Icelandic Chieftains
Icelandic Family Sagas
inheritance legal systems
King Niels
Knud Lavard
Landed Men
Late Roman Iron Age
Manumission Process
medieval Nordic elite economic foundations
medieval Scandinavian society
Moldboard Plow
Multiple Estates
Nordic Elites
Norwegian Realm
Proprietary Church System
Roman Iron Age
Royal Farms
Royal Manors
Rune Stones
social stratification research
Sturla Thordarson
Svend Estridsen
Viking Age
Western Jutland

Product details

  • ISBN 9780367203054
  • Weight: 589g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Mar 2019
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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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. The elite controlled enormous economic resources and exercised power over people. Power over agrarian production was essential to the elites during this period, although mobile capital was becoming increasingly important. The book focuses on the material resources of the elites, through questions such as: Which types of resources were at play? How did the elites acquire and exchange resources?

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.