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UNINA9910823503103321 |
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Bagge Sverre <1942-> |
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From Viking stronghold to Christian kingdom : state formation in Norway, c. 900-1350 / / Sverre Bagge |
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Copenhagen : , : Museum Tusculanum Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (500 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Norway History To 1030 |
Norway History 1030-1397 |
Norway Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Front cover""; ""Title page ""; ""Colophone ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""The Formation of the Kingdom of Norway""; ""The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms""; ""From Harald Finehair to Harald Hardrada""; ""External and Internal Factors""; ""The "Civil Wars"""; ""Pretenders and Factions""; ""The Basic Factors""; ""The Consequences of the Civil Wars""; ""From the Civil Wars to the Age of Greatness""; ""War, Military Organisation and Social Change""; ""From Plunder to Internal Exploitation""; ""The Origin and Development of the leidang""; ""Leidang and Elite Forces"" |
""The Norwegian Empire and its Foreign Policy until 1319 """"War Made the State, but Did the State Make War? - The Military Challenges 1240-1319""; ""The Social and Economic Basis of the Norwegian Military System""; ""The Towns - Centres of the Monarchy and the Church""; ""The King's Revenues""; ""Conclusion""; ""Religion, Monarchy, and the Right Order of the World""; ""Old Norse Religion""; ""The Conversion to Christianity""; ""The Right Order of the World and the Christian Monarchy""; ""The Emergence of the Dynasty and Hereditary Monarchy""; ""The Courtly Culture"" |
""Patriotism and Secular Legitimization of Monarchy""""Conclusion""; ""Justice, Law and Power""; ""The Regional Laws""; ""What Was Law?""; ""Law and Society""; ""God's Law: The Rise of Royal and Ecclesiastical |
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Jurisdiction""; ""Royal and Ecclesiastical Legislation: A New Concept of Law""; ""The Emergence of Public Justice: Intent and Evidence""; ""Justice in Practice""; ""A Legal Revolution?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Royal and Ecclesiastical Administration - A Step Towards a Real Bureaucracy""; ""The Ecclesiastical Administration""; ""The Royal Administration""; ""A New Bureaucracy?"" |
""From Oral to Written Administration"" ""Writing in the Royal Administration: The Quantitative Evidence""; ""Writing in the Royal Administration: The Qualitative Evidence""; ""Predictability and Distance""; ""The Leaders: King and Bishop""; ""Conclusion""; ""The Division of Power and its Social Foundation""; ""The King and the Church: From the Foundation of the Church Province to the Death of Håkon Håkonsson""; ""The Conflict about Jurisdiction and the Concordat of Tønsberg""; ""The Conflict in the 1280's"" |
""The Results of the Struggle - Monarchy and Church in the Fourteenth Century and Later"" ""The Ideological Aspect: A Brain Trust in the Service of the Monarchy ""; ""Regnum and Sacerdotium in Norway""; ""The Secular Aristocracy""; ""The King and the Aristocracy: Ideology""; ""From Assemblies of the Best Men to the King's Council""; ""Who Were "The Best Men"?""; ""The Decision-Making Process""; ""The Problem of Regencies""; ""Monarchy, Aristocracy and Union during the Reign of Magnus Eriksson""; ""A Strong Monarchy""; ""The King and the People""; ""Conclusion""; ""How, Why, When and How Much? The Extent and Character of Norwegian State Formation in the Middle Ages"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The formation of the Kingdom of Norway -- War, military organisation and social change -- Religion, monarchy, and the right order of the world -- Justice, law and power -- Royal and ecclesiastical administration -- a step towards a real bureaucracy? -- The division of power and its social foundation -- How, why, when and how much? The extent and character of Norwegian state formation in the Middle Ages. |
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