This pioneering work presents the first comprehensive economic history of medieval Denmark. It puts data produced by more than a century of historical research into a new context and includes a multitude of information based on primary research. The book abounds in knowledge of natural and human resources, rural life, urban industries, tax and commodity trade. Arguing that the development of the Danish resources from the eleventh to the middle of the fourteenth century cannot be viewed simply as a period of prosperity, and conversely that the Late Middle Ages were characterized as much by...

Text in Danish. In our days living in a city, most Danes and many cares, of course, for their settlement. This book is for those who are dealing with the roots of today's cities. The medieval town, which stands in focus, is of crucial importance for the Danish bydannelse. In this time there was about 100 cities. Most of our current cities and the towns, which in our day is the largest, grew up. This book is about the most visible relic of the middle ages in the cities, including churches and monasteries, and on the winding gadenet from the middle ages, which we still use. But we also hear...