The Viking-age rune-stones : custom and commemoration in early medieval Scandinavia / Birgit Sawyer.
Sawyer, Birgit.
2000
PD2013 .S27 2000 (Mapit)
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Title The Viking-age rune-stones : custom and commemoration in early medieval Scandinavia / Birgit Sawyer.
Author Sawyer, Birgit.
ISBN 9780199262212 (pbk.)
0198206437 (alk. paper)
9780198206439 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Language English
Description xx, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number PD2013 .S27 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification 948/.022
Summary "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 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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Note 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index.
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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
App. 1. Distribution of Rune-stones
App. 2. Categories of Sponsors and Deceased
App. 3. Frequency of Relationships
App. 4. Inheritances
App. 5. Unspecified Relationships Implying Inheritance
App. 6. Titles
App. 7. Epithets
App. 8. 'Bonder'
App. 9. Travellers
App. 10. Bridge-builders
Catalogue. Explanatory Notes. Denmark and Bornholm. Norway. Sweden (excluding Uppland). Uppland.

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