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Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050-1250, Volume I: Material Resources book cover

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

Edited By Bjørn Poulsen, Helle Vogt, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson Copyright 2019
320 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Introduction

Bjørn Poulsen, Helle Vogt, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

1. Changes in the Nordic Elites’ Way of Extracting a Surplus from Landed Resources

Tore Iversen and John Ragnar Myking

2. From Slavery to Tenant Farming: Elite Economies in the Nordic Area c. 1050-1250
Frode Iversen

3. The Early Introduction of the Moldboard Plow in Denmark: Agrarian Technology and the Medieval Elites

Lars Agersnap Larsen

4. Inheritance and Transfer of Landed Property: The Material Fundament of the Elites

Helle Vogt and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

5. Silver, Land, Towns, and the Elites: Social and Legal Aspects of Silver in Scandinavia c. 850-1150

Christoph Kilger

6. The Elites and Money

Svein H. Gullbekk

7. Customs and Toll in the Nordic Area c. 800-1300

Carsten Jahnke

8. Holding Royal Office and the Creation and Consolidation of the Elites in Scandinavia c. 1050-1250

Hans Jacob Orning and Bjørn Poulsen

9. The Social Elites and Incomes from Churches c. 1050-1250

Jan Brendalsmo and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

10. The Icelandic Chieftains and Their Economic Foundation c. 1050-1250

Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

11. Conclusion

Chris Wickham

Biography

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.

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