Nordic Elites in Transformation, C. 1050-1250, Volume I - Material Resources

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?

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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?

Product details

• Authors: Bjorn Vogt Poulsen, Bjrn Vogt Poulsen
• Assisted by: Bjørn Poulsen (Editor), Jón Viðar Sigurðsson (Editor), Helle Vogt (Editor), Vogt Helle (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032093383
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3209338-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Routledge Research in Medieval Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Social and cultural history, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries