Urbanization in Viking age and Medieval Denmark : from landing place to town / / Maria R. D. Corsi [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Corsi Maria <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 307.760948
• Soggetto topico: Urbanization - Denmark - History; Cities and towns, Medieval - Denmark; Vikings - Denmark - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Medieval Denmark, Urbanization, Viking Towns, Emporia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-255) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Productive sites and landing places -- The emporia network -- New forms of urbanization (c. 950-c.1050) -- Urbanization c. 1050-1200 -- Urbanization to 1350.
• Sommario/riassunto: This study traces the history of urbanization in Denmark from c. 500-1350 and explores how interconnected political, religious, economic factors were instrumental in bringing about the growth of towns. Prior to urban development, certain specialized sites such as elite residences and coastal landing places performed many of the functions that would later be taken over by medieval towns. Fundamental changes in political power, the coming of Christianity, and economic development over the course of the Viking and Middle Ages led to the abandonment of these sites in favour of new urban settlements that would come to form the political, religious, and economic centres of the medieval kingdom. Bringing together both archaeological and historical sources, this study illustrates not only how certain cultural and economic shifts were crucial to the development of towns, but also the important role urbanization had in the transition from Viking to medieval Denmark.
• Titolo autorizzato: Urbanization in Viking age and Medieval Denmark
• ISBN: 90-485-3870-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794110303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Early Medieval North Atlantic.