Published September 30th 2004 © Routledge http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415303514/

Dronning Margrete Valdemarsdatter (1353–1412) er Skandinavias middelalderdronning par excellence. 79 Mange tidligere og senere dronninger har hatt stor innfytelse i politikken. Ingen har likevel utøvd samme grad av direkte ...

The precise state of the juridical division and organisation in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is still to some extent unresolved and has been the subject of debate. By reconstructing the judicial areas I hope to ...

This is an accepted version of a chapter published in the book Viking-Age Transformations: Trade, Craft and Resources in Western Scandinavia. © 2017 Routledge

The Norwegian ‘courtyard sites’ have variously been interpreted as special cultic, juridical, or military assembly sites, which served at more than the purely local level. Previously, on the basis of studies of artefacts ...

In this chapter, Avaldsnes and the land along the Karmsund Strait are considered in a west-Scandinavian context. Was the manor one of a kind? Why did aristocrats reside there, and what may be inferred about their activities? ...