From Viking stronghold to Christian kingdom

Museum Tusculanum Press

2010

441 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-429) and index.

9788763507912

Contents: The formation of the Kingdom of Norway -- War, military organisation and social change -- Religion, monarchy, and the right order of the world -- Justice, law and power -- Royal and ecclesiastical administration - a step towards a real bureaucracy? -- The division of power and its social foundation -- How, why, when and how much? The extent and character of Norwegian state formation in the Middle Ages.

Taking the formation of the Norwegian state in the Middle Ages as his starting point, Sverre Bagge widens his perspective to include a discussion of the emergence of the medieval state and state formation in the Middle Ages in general.

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