Viking-Age Rune-Stones - Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia

Zusatztext thorough statistical coverage! backed up by a seventy page "Catalogue" ... her work puts the English-speaking reader for the frst time in possession of the basic information painstakingly recorded by Scandinavian scholars! as well as providing an entirely fresh and convincing explanation of the Viking Age corpus ... Birgit Sawyer [has] offered models of patient and dispassionate research in potentially exciting and contested areas. Klappentext This is the first historical study of the whole body of late Viking runic inscription stones in Scandinavia. The 2300 inscriptions yield unexpected information on a wide range of topics! including the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity! the growth of royal power and! most important of all! the inheritance customs of the period. Zusammenfassung This is the first historical study of the whole body of late Viking runic inscription stones in Scandinavia. The 3,000 inscriptions which are more or less complete yield unexpected information on a wide range of topics, including the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity, the growth of royal power, and, most important of all, the inheritance customs of the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Plates List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Sources, Abbreviations, and Conventions Introduction Survey 1: Rune-stones, their Distribution and Historical Background 2: Presentation of the Corpus and its Subgroup; Bases of Analyses 3: Property and Inheritance 4: Inheritance: Customs and Laws 5: Society and Status 6: Conversion 7: Conclusion and Future Research Excursus: The Tug-of-War over Thyre Appendixes Catalogue Explanatory Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Birgit Sawyer, Birgit (Professor of History Sawyer, Sawyer Birgit
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2003
• EAN: 9780199262212
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926221-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Custom and Commemoration in Ea
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; History: specific events & topics, European History, Anthropology, comparative religion, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, History: specific events and topics, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries