Skre, Dagfinn

Rulership in 1st to 14th century Scandinavia. Royal graves and sites at Avaldsnes and beyond - De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (559 p.)

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This book discusses the 3rd–11th century developments that led to the formation of the three Scandinavian kingdoms in the Viking Age. Wide-ranging studies of communication routes, regional identities, judicial territories, and royal sites and graves trace a complex trajectory of rulership in these pagan Germanic societies. In the final section, new light is shed on the pinnacle and demise of the Norwegian kingdom in the 13th–14th centuries.


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9783110421101 9783110421101

10.1515/9783110421101 doi

Iron and Viking Age Early kingship Scandinavia Germanic societies