TY  - BOOK
AU  - Corsi,Maria
TI  - Urbanization in Viking Age and Medieval Denmark: From Landing Place to Town 
T2  - The Early Medieval North Atlantic
SN  - 9789048538706
U1  - 307.7609489 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Amsterdam : 
PB  - Amsterdam University Press, 
KW  - Cities and towns, Medieval
KW  - Denmark
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - History
KW  - Vikings
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Early Modern Studies
KW  - High Middle Ages
KW  - History, Art History, and Archaeology
KW  - Medieval Studies
KW  - Sociology and Social History
KW  - Urban Cultures
KW  - HISTORY / Medieval
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Medieval Denmark, Urbanization, Viking Towns, Emporia
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Abbreviations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Productive Sites and Landing Places --; 2. The Emporia Network --; 3. New Forms of Urbanization (c. 950-c.1050) --; 4. Urbanization c. 1050-1200 --; 5. Urbanization to 1350 --; 6. Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - This study traces the history of urbanization in Denmark from c. 500-1350 and explores how interconnected political, religious, economic factors were instrumental in bringing about the growth of towns. Prior to urban development, certain specialized sites such as elite residences and coastal landing places performed many of the functions that would later be taken over by medieval towns. Fundamental changes in political power, the coming of Christianity, and economic development over the course of the Viking and Middle Ages led to the abandonment of these sites in favour of new urban settlements that would come to form the political, religious, and economic centres of the medieval kingdom. Bringing together both archaeological and historical sources, this study illustrates not only how certain cultural and economic shifts were crucial to the development of towns, but also the important role urbanization had in the transition from Viking to medieval Denmark
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048538706?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048538706
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048538706/original
ER  -