Towns and commerce in viking-age Scandinavia
Sven Kalmring
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
| Omfang | 277 sider, 4 sider med unummererte plansjer : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | The viking-age town : context and academic debate -- The viking world -- Cult, jurisdiction and markets : things and regional fairs at traditional centres of power -- Local society and viking-age towns -- An urbanisation based on harbours -- Jurisdiction and taxes -- Free trade within narrow boundaries -- Special economic zones of their time -- Development after the inception phase -- Discussion: Hedeby's abandonment and the foundation of Slesvig.. - "This volume offers an interdisciplinary and geographically wide-ranging approach to understanding the emergence of towns and commerce in Viking-age Scandinavia and their eventual demise by the end of the period. It tracks the diverging characteristics of urban communities against the background of traditional social structures in the Viking world"--
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| ISBN | 9781009298056. - 9781009298094
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