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Urbanization in Viking Age and Medieval Denmark : From Landing Place to Town / Maria Corsi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Early Medieval North Atlantic ; 8Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)Content type:
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  • 9789048538706
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.7609489 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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