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

ISBN-13: 9780367203054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 308 str.

Bjrn Poulsen; Helle Vogt; Jon Vioar Sigurosson

Opis

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?

Spis treści

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