Viking-Age Transformations

Trade, Craft and Resources in Western Scandinavia

AvZanette T. Glørstad,Kjetil Loftsgarden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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The Viking Age was a period of profound change in Scandinavia. As kingdoms were established, Christianity became the encompassing ideological and cosmological framework and towns were formed. This book examines a central backdrop to these changes: the economic transformation of West Scandinavia. With a focus on the development of intensive and organized use of woodlands and alpine regions and domestic raw materials, together with the increasing standardization of products intended for long-distance trade, the volume sheds light on the emergence of a strong interconnectedness between remote rural areas and central markets. Viking-Age Transformations explores the connection between legal and economic practice, as the rural economy and monetary system developed in conjunction with nascent state power and the legal system. Thematically, the book is organized into sections addressing the nature and extent of trade in both marginal and centralized areas; production and the social, legal and economic aspects of exploiting natural resources and distributing products; and the various markets and sites of trade and consumption. A theoretically informed and empirically grounded collection that reveals the manner in which relationships of production and consumption transformed Scandinavian society with their influence on the legal and fiscal division of the landscape, this volume will appeal to scholars of archaeology, the history of trade and Viking studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-05-17
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:725 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Culture, Environment and Adaptation in the North
Antal sidor:290
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781472470775

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Zanette T. Glørstad is Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway. Kjetil Loftsgarden is a research fellow in the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway.

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Preface and acknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of Contributors1. Viking-Age economic transformations: the West-Scandinavian caseDagfinn SkrePart I – Trade and traders2. Approaching trade in pre-state and early state societiesEivind Heldaas Seland3. The use of silver as a medium of exchange in Jämtland, c. 875–1050Olof Holm4. Domestic and exotic materials in early mMedieval Norwegian towns: an archaeological perspective on production, procurement and consumption Gitte Hansen5. The price of justice and administration of coinage Svein Gullbekk and Frode Iversen Part II – Production and resources 6. The extensive iron production in Norway in the tenth to thirteenth century: a regional perspectiveOle Tveiten and Kjetil Loftsgarden7. Viking-period non-ferrous metalworking and urban commodity productionUnn Pedersen8. Soapstone vessels and quernstones as commodities in the Viking Age and the Middle AgesIrene Baug 9. The Uplands: the deepest of forest and the highest of mountains – resource exploitation and landscape management in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages in southern NorwayKathrine Stene and Vivian WangenPart III – Sites of trade 10. A view from the valley: Langeid in Setesdal, South Norway – a Viking-Age trade station along a mercantile highwayZanette Tsigaridas Glørstad and Camilla Cecilie Wenn11. Heimdalsjordet: trade, production and communicationJan Bill and Christian Løchsen Rødsrud 12. The skeid and other assemblies in the Norwegian ‘Mountain Land’ Kjetil Loftsgarden, Morten Ramstad and Frans-Arne Stylegar13. The urban hinterland: interaction and law-areas in Viking and medieval NorwayFrode Iversen Index