The Viking-Age Rune-Stones

Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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

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There are over 3,000 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 the different stages in the process of conversion to Christianity and the growth of royal power. Many monuments were declarations of faith or manifestations of status; but virtually all reflect 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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Utgivningsdatum2003-04-17
Mått156 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt543 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor300
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780199262212

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List of Plates ; List of Figures ; List of Maps ; List of Tables ; Sources, Abbreviations, and Conventions ; Introduction ; SURVEY ; 1. Rune-stones, their Distribution and Historical Background ; 2. Presentation of the Corpus and its Subgroup; Bases of Analyses ; 3. Property and Inheritance ; 4. Inheritance: Customs and Laws ; 5. Society and Status ; 6. Conversion ; 7. Conclusion and Future Research ; Excursus: The Tug-of-War over Thyre ; Appendixes ; CATALOGUE ; Explanatory Notes ; References ; Index

Review from previous edition the secions on the patterns of social order and inheritance will make this book an indispensable example of runology applied to social history, a line of study with a future. It is worth buying for the careful tabulation of inscriptions and motifs alone... Sawyer ... brings half a lifetime's work, and many modifications of her original thesis, to an impressive consummation. All the available material is listed, classified and identified in a series of appendices and notes which will bring blessings on her head from anglophone researchers waiting for the completion of the general rune-text database.