04610nam 2200589 450 991046086780332120200520144314.087-635-3652-8(CKB)3710000000415213(EBL)3439355(SSID)ssj0001483936(PQKBManifestationID)12649929(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001483936(PQKBWorkID)11431943(PQKB)10048949(MiAaPQ)EBC3439355(Au-PeEL)EBL3439355(CaPaEBR)ebr11056001(OCoLC)912320121(EXLCZ)99371000000041521320150525h20102010 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrFrom Viking stronghold to Christian kingdom state formation in Norway, c. 900-1350 /by Sverre BaggeCopenhagen, Denmark :Museum Tusculanum Press,2010.©20101 online resource (500 p.)Description based upon print version of record.87-635-0791-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 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""NorwayHistoryTo 1030NorwayHistory1030-1397NorwayReligionElectronic books.948.02Bagge Sverre1942-877226MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460867803321From Viking stronghold to Christian kingdom1958771UNINA