The Viking-age Rune-stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval ScandinaviaThere are over 3000 runic inscriptions on stone made in Scandinavia in the late Viking Age. This book is the first attempt by a historian to study the material as a whole. The analysis reveals significant regional variations that reflect different stages in the process of conversion, and the growth of royal power. Many monuments were declarations of faith or manifestations of status; but virtually all reflect inheritance claims, and cast unexpected light on the prehistory of the inheritance customs found in later Scandinavian law codes. The results of this analysis make a significant contribution to understanding developments in other parts of the Germanic world, as well as Scandinavia. The inclusion of a digest of the data-base on which this book is based will facilitate further study of this rich vein of evidence. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Property and Inheritance | 47 |
Customs and Laws | 71 |
Copyright | |
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Århus Åsmund Åsunda Bække beast Björn Bornholm bridge brother ch.yd Christian church commemorated Danish king daughter Denmark design cross orn districts East eastern Sweden eleventh century epithets erected Estrid example father Gästrikland góðr Gorm Gorm's Gotland Hälsingland härad Harald height design cross heir honour husband Ingefast inscrs interpretation Jämtland Jarlabanke Jelling Jelling stone Köping Köping Köp.ch medieval Moltke monuments mother Närke NIYR Norway Öland Öpir Östen pagan parentela system parish place type place type rel.sh proportion raised in memory raised this stone regional Relationship Subgroup relatives rock royal rune-stones runes runic inscriptions Saxo Scandinavia Sigtuna Skåne Skänninge Småland Södermanland sons South/West Stockholm stone in memory stone raised Sven Sweden Swedish Täby thegns thegns and drengs Thyre Trögd Uppland Uppsala Vallentuna Västergötland Västmanland Viking Visäte widow wife women ΑΙ