The Viking-Age Rune-Stones

Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

Av Birgit Sawyer, Trondheim) Sawyer, Birgit (, Professor of History, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet

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There 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-12-07
Mått164 x 242 x 21 mm
Vikt710 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor300
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198206439

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Preface ; Introduction ; CHAPTER I. RUNE STONES, THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ; 1. The rune-stones and their distribution ; 2. Previous work ; 3. Why were the rune-stones erected? ; 4. Historical background ; CHAPTER II. PRESENTATION OF THE CORPUS AND ITS SUBGROUP: BASES OF ANALYSES ; THE CORPUS ; 5. Variables ; 6. General features ; 7. Regional groupings ; 8. Chronology and dating problems ; THE SUBGROUP AND CATEGORIES OF RELATIONSHIP ; 9. The nature of relationships between sponsors and deceased ; 10. Sponsorship patterns ; 11. Complex relationships ; BASES OF ANALYSES ; 12. Inscriptions ; 13. Relationships ; CHAPTER III. PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE ; THE INSCRIPTIONS AS DECLARATIONS OF INHERITANCE ; 14. Formulation ; 15. Additional references 16.One or more ; 16. One or more sponsors ; 17. The order in which sponsors are mentioned ; 18. Two or more inscriptions interpreted together ; 19. The sponsorship pattern as reflecting property rights ; THE SPONSORS AS HOLDERS OF JOINT OR INHERITED PROPERTY ; 20. Joint ownership ; 21. Inheritance customs ; 22. Unspecified relationships ; 23. Conclusion ; CHAPTER IV. INHERITANCE: CUSTOMS AND LAW ; 24. Inheritance and other devolutions of property ; 25. The runic evidence ; 26. Gradual and parentela principles ; 27. The sponsorship patterns inheritance principles used? 29. The laws 30. Sponsorship ; 28. Why were different inheritance principles used? ; 29. The laws ; 30. Sponsorship patterns and the laws ; 31. Differences within Uppland ; 32. Conclusion ; CHAPTER V. SOCIETY AND STATUS ; 33. Sponsors and deceased ; 34. Titlebearers ; 35. Epithets ; 36. Thegns and drengs ; 37. 'Boni homines' ; 38. Women ; as landholders 39. Travellers 40. Conclusions ; CHAPTER VI. CONVERSION ; 41. Transition: pagan and/or Christian? 43. Christian features 44. Conclusion ; 42. Pagan features ; 43. Christian features ; 44. Conclusion ; CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH ; 45. The rune-stone fashion ; 46. Late Viking Age society ; 47. Future research ; Excursus: The tug of war over Thyre ; Sources ; Appendices ; CATALOGUE ; Explanantory Notes ; Denmark and Bornholm ; Norway ; Sweden (excluding Uppland) ; Uppland ; REFERENCES

This book marks a big step forward in the study of commemorative runic inscriptions and late Viking-Age history. By assembling and analysing so much information from tenth- and eleventh-century rune stones the author has provided scholars with a wealth of readily accessible data for future research. By raising so many interesting questions she will also, as she hoped, have stimulated fellow workers to delve into that data.