The Viking-Age Rune-Stones
Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 April 2003
- ISBN 9780199262212
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages300 pages
- Size 235x156x16 mm
- Weight 543 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 7 maps, numerous halftones, 7 figures, 11 tables 0
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Short description:
This is the first historical study of the whole body of late Viking runic inscription stones in Scandinavia. The 3,000 inscriptions which are more or less complete yield unexpected information on a wide range of topics, including the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity, the growth of royal power, and, most important of all, the inheritance customs of the period.
MoreLong description:
There are over 3,000 runic inscriptions on stone made in Scandinavia in the late Viking Age. This book is the first attempt by a historian to study the material as a whole. The analysis reveals significant regional variations that reflect the different stages in the process of conversion to Christianity and the growth of royal power. Many monuments were declarations of faith or manifestations of status; but virtually all reflect inheritance customs found in later Scandinavian law codes. The results of this analysis make a significant contribution to understanding developments in other parts of the Germanic world, as well as Scandinavia. The inclusion of a digest of the data-base on which this book is based will facilitate further study of this rich vein of evidence.
Review from previous edition the secions on the patterns of social order and inheritance will make this book an indispensable example of runology applied to social history, a line of study with a future. It is worth buying for the careful tabulation of inscriptions and motifs alone... Sawyer ... brings half a lifetime's work, and many modifications of her original thesis, to an impressive consummation. All the available material is listed, classified and identified in a series of appendices and notes which will bring blessings on her head from anglophone researchers waiting for the completion of the general rune-text database.
Table of Contents:
List of Plates
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Sources, Abbreviations, and Conventions
Introduction
Survey
Rune-stones, their Distribution and Historical Background
Presentation of the Corpus and its Subgroup; Bases of Analyses
Property and Inheritance
Inheritance: Customs and Laws
Society and Status
Conversion
Conclusion and Future Research
Excursus: The Tug-of-War over Thyre
Appendixes
Catalogue
Explanatory Notes
References
Index
