Rulership in 1st to 14th century Scandinavia. Royal graves and sites at Avaldsnes and beyond

• Main Author: Skre, Dagfinn (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2020
• Series: Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde
• Subjects: Iron and Viking Age; Early kingship; Scandinavia; Germanic societies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book discusses the 3rd-11th century developments that led to the formation of the three Scandinavian kingdoms in the Viking Age. Wide-ranging studies of communication routes, regional identities, judicial territories, and royal sites and graves trace a complex trajectory of rulership in these p...