Avaldsnes - A Sea-Kings' Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia

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XIV, 897 Seiten | Ausstattung: eBook & Hardcover

2017
De Gruyter
978-3-11-042109-5 (ISBN)

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The Avaldsnes Royal Manor project explores early kingship in Northern Europe, spanning the period c. AD–1320 AD. The principal case is the Norwegian kingdom and the core site is Avaldsnes near Haugesund, Western Norway. 9th–10th century skaldic poems as well as 13th century sagas implies that Avaldsnes was the principal Viking Age royal manor. The site has produced numerous exquisite gravefinds from the Roman period onwards. Among them are the third century Flaghaug grave and two ship graves from the late 8th century. Also, the Oseberg ship, excavated near Oslo, is now proven to have been built c. 820 near Avaldsnes. The Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, excavated the Avaldsnes settlement in 2011–12. A team of 23 scholars from prominent academic institutions, including the University of Cambridge and University College London, participate in the research. This first of two volumes contains their results regarding the manor and its setting on the island of K?rmt by the Norðvegr, the sheltered sailing route along the West-Scandinavian coast. Together, the chapters produce a detailed 1000-years’ history of a complex central-place area, its monuments and buildings, its activities and functions, its blooming and fading, and eventually its downfall in the 14th century.

Dagfinn Skre, University of Oslo, Norway.

Reihe/Serie	Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände ; 104
Zusatzinfo	Includes a print version and an ebook
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Schlagworte	early kingship • high-status settlement • Viking Age
ISBN-10	3-11-042109-7 / 3110421097
ISBN-13	978-3-11-042109-5 / 9783110421095
Zustand	Neuware