Viking Age Denmark
Author | : Else Roesdahl |
Publisher | : British Museum Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Else Roesdahl |
Publisher | : British Museum Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Klavs Randsborg |
Publisher | : London : Duckworth |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Archaeology, Medieval |
ISBN | : 9780715614662 |
Author | : Else Roesdahl |
Publisher | : British Museum Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Klavs Randsborg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Klaus Randsborg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Hilson |
Publisher | : Aarhus Universitetsforlag |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2023-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 8775973456 |
Beginning with the emergence of a Danish kingdom during the Viking Age, this book provides an introduction to the history of Denmark as a political entity, from the eighth century to the present day. It shows how what we know as ‘Denmark’ has evolved – from Cnut the Great’s North Sea empire in the eleventh century, through disintegration and civil war in the Middle Ages, the Kalmar Union of 1397–1523 and the establishment of the absolutist state and its overseas colonies in the seventeenth century, to the emergence of the modern nation state during the nineteenth century. The book also deals with significant developments in the economic, social and cultural history of Denmark, and sheds light on complex problems such as the country’s relationship with its Nordic neighbours, the origins of the current border with Germany and the historical development of the Danish welfare state.
Author | : Maria Corsi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Cities and towns, Medieval |
ISBN | : 9789462987203 |
This study traces the history of urbanization in Denmark from c. 500 to 1350 and explores how interconnected political, religious, and economic factors were instrumental in bringing about the growth of towns. Prior to urban development, certain specialized sites such as elite residences and coastal landing places performed many of the functions that would later be taken over by medieval towns. Fundamental changes in political power, the coming of Christianity, and economic development over the course of the Viking and Middle Ages led to the abandonment of these sites in favour of new urban settlements that would come to form the political, religious, and economic centres of the medieval kingdom. Bringing together both archaeological and historical sources, this study illustrates not only how certain cultural and economic shifts were crucial to the development of towns, but also the important role urbanization had in the transition from Viking to medieval Denmark.
Author | : Holger Schmidt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This book is a discursive attempt to reconstruct the appearance of Viking buildings in Denmark. This is difficult, as the author makes clear, firstly because there is little archaeological evidence for the form of the superstructure and, secondly, because of the wide chronological and geographical variation in type. Still, the presentation in English of comparative material from selected settlements and house-sites (both drawings and descriptions) and the vision presented will form useful resources for anybody interested in the architectural forms of this formative period.
Author | : F. Donald Logan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136527168 |
Completely updated to include important primary research, archaeological findings and debates from the last decade, this third edition of F. Donald Logan's successful book examines the Vikings and their critical role in history. The author uses archaeological, literary and historical evidence to analyze the Vikings' overseas expeditions and their transformation from raiders to settlers. Focusing on the period from 800–1050, it studies the Vikings across the world, from Denmark and Sweden right across to the British Isles, the North Atlantic and the New World. This edition includes: a new epilogue explaining the aims of the book updated further reading sections maps and photographs. By taking this new archaeological and primary research into account, the author provides a vital text for history students and researchers of this fascinating people.
Author | : Jon Vidar Sigurdsson |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2022-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501760483 |
In Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson returns to the Viking homeland, Scandinavia, highlighting such key aspects of Viking life as power and politics, social and kinship networks, gifts and feasting, religious beliefs, women's roles, social classes, and the Viking economy, which included farming, iron mining and metalworking, and trade. Drawing of the latest archeological research and on literary sources, namely the sagas, Sigurðsson depicts a complex and surprisingly peaceful society that belies the popular image of Norsemen as bloodthirsty barbarians. Instead, Vikings often acted out power struggles symbolically, with local chieftains competing with each other through displays of wealth in the form of great feasts and gifts, rather than arms. At home, conspicuous consumption was a Viking leader's most important virtue; the brutality associated with them was largely wreaked abroad. Sigurðsson's engaging history of the Vikings at home begins by highlighting political developments in the region, detailing how Danish kings assumed ascendency over the region and the ways in which Viking friendship reinforced regional peace. Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings then discusses the importance of religion, first pagan and (beginning around 1000 A.D.) Christianity; the central role that women played in politics and war; and how the enormous wealth brought back to Scandinavia affected the social fabric—shedding new light on Viking society.