Viking-Age Transformations : Trade, Craft and Resources in Western Scandinavia
Viking-Age Transformations- Front Cover -- Viking-Age Transformations -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1: Viking-Age economic transformations: the West-Scandinavian case -- The economic turn -- Viking-Age...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London : Routledge,
2017
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Culture, Environment and Adaptation in the North Ser.
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| Schlagworte: | Wirtschaftsgeschichte Wirtschaftslage Nordeuropa Scandinavia Electronic books Skandinavien Handel Produktion Handelsplatz Geschichte 700-1100 |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (311 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Viking-Age Transformations- Front Cover -- Viking-Age Transformations -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1: Viking-Age economic transformations: the West-Scandinavian case -- The economic turn -- Viking-Age economic transformations -- Subsistence, commission, and commodity production -- Commodity production for local, regional, and intraregional trade -- Commodity production for long-distance trade -- Urbanisation and seasonal markets -- Trade routes and monetisation -- The coast and the interior -- Concluding comment -- References -- PART I: Trade and traders -- Chapter 2: Approaching trade in pre-state and early state societies -- Introduction -- The great divide -- Models and the study of the past -- Models of interaction -- New institutional economics -- Explaining trade as networks -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The use of silver as a medium of exchange in Jämtland, c. 875-1050 -- Introduction -- Weights and balances found in graves in Jämtland -- Equipment for trade? -- Supporting evidence -- Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Domestic and exotic materials in early medieval Norwegian towns: an archaeological perspective on production, procurement and consumption -- Introduction -- Data and methodology -- Production, procurement and consumption -- General patterns discerned and comments for further studies -- Final comments -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5: The price of justice and administration of coinage -- Expenses and travel routes -- An overview of the compensation scheme -- The economic system of the thing site -- Money and its use at the thing -- Ecclesiastical law and money -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- PART II: Production and resources. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (311 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317001904 1317001907 9781472470775 147247077X |