Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Abbreviations -- The West-Scandinavian Coast -- Einar ¢stmo -- The History of the Norvegr 2000 BC-1000 AD -- Geography, technology, power, and time -- Norway : northern or narrow? -- The sea-route along the western coast of Norway -- Navigation aids -- Sea-route archµology -- Stone Age craft -- The Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age -- Early Iron Age -- Late Iron Age -- Conclusion -- References -- Mari Arentz ¢stmo -- Intraregional Diversity : Approaching Changes in Political Topographies in South-western Norway through Burials with Brooches, AD 200-1000 -- Introduction -- Landscape and communication -- A conceptual framework -- Material and methods -- Centres and socio-political structure as point of departure -- Sub-regionality : a diachronic perspective -- Roman Iron Age, phase C1b-C2 c. 210/220-310/320 -- Roman Iron Age, phase C3 c. 310/320-400 -- Migration Period c. 400-550 -- Merovingian Period c. 550-775/800 -- Viking Age c. 750/775-1000 -- Sub-regional trajectories -- Karmsund on the outer coast -- Jaeren -- The Fjord districts -- The heathland, moorland -- Changing sub-regions, changing political landscapes? -- Explaining lacunae -- Intra-regional diversity and parallel societal development -- 'Similar difference' and connectivity -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix : Overview of brooches found in burialcontext -- Rulership in First-Millennium Scandinavia -- Dagfinn Skre -- Rulership and Ruler's Sites in 1st-10th-century Scandinavia -- Germanic ruler terminology in the first millennium AD : piudans, drâottinn, konungr, and monarch -- The poetic evidence on Scandinavian rulership -- Scandinavian rulers' terminology in the first millennium AD -- Peoples, lands, and rulers -- Svâiar and Svâipjâoº -- Danir and Danmark -- Norºmenn and Noregr -- Tribes, amalgamation, and monarchies, the 1st-10th centuries -- Polities and territories, 1st-10th centuries -- Residences of the Skilfingar, Skjildungar, and the Vestfold Ynglingar -- The Skilfingar in Old Uppsala -- The Skildungar in Lejre -- The Vestfold Ynglingar in Borre and Skiringssal -- Three royal lineages, four royal sites -- The societal transition c. 536-650 -- Two generations of ruler's sites -- Economic and climatic upheaval -- A tentative synthesis -- From piudans to drâottinn and konungr, 1st-6th centuries -- 1st-generation sites of the drâottinn -- The 2nd-generation sites of the konungr -- Germanic Europe : Scandinavia, Britain, and the Continent -- From konungr to monarch, 6th-10th centuries -- The instability of kings and royal lineages -- Kingship and heroic warrior ideals of the north : the Scandinavian trajectory -- Epilogue : The stability of the rulership institution -- References -- Erode Iversen -- Between Tribe and Kingdom : People, Land, and Law in Scandza AD 500-1350 -- Introduction -- Research questions and outline -- Background -- Tribes -- Law provinces -- Kingdoms -- Material and methods -- The onomastic evidence : ethnika of Getica and Widsith -- Getica -- Widsith -- The archaeological evidence : cemeteries, graves, and hillforts -- The royal manors and sites -- Results -- Location and size of the early tribes in Scandza -- Hillforts and tribes -- Royal sites and manors -- Discussion : between tribe and kingdom -- References -- Jan Bill -- The Ship Graves on Kormt : and Beyond -- Ship burials : the archaeological dimension -- Monumental ship burials : an ad hoc definition -- Sizes of ships in graves -- Sizes of mounds -- Sizes of ship settings -- The Storhaug and Gr²nhaug ship graves -- Storhaug Gr²nhaug -- Dendrochronological connections to other ship graves -- Known monumental ship graves in northern Europe -- Distribution patterns in time and space -- Ritualization and ritual patterns in the monumental ship mound graves -- Known monumental ship settings -- Ship graves in written sources -- Late traditions, examples nos. 5-19 -- Early traditions -- Hâusdrâapa -- Beowulf -- The Vita of St. Gildas -- King lists and royal pedigrees in the time and region of the monumental ship burials -- Towards a synthesis -- Monumental ship burial rituals : an interpretation -- The ship graves on Kormt : harbingers of a new era -- References -- The High-Medieval Royal Manor -- Anette Sand-Eriksen, Erlend Nordlie -- The High-Medieval Royal Manor Complex -- Discovering the Avaldsnes Royal Manor -- Excavating the Avaldsnes Royal Manor -- Before 1250 : topography and archaeology -- The high-medieval manor complex : physical remains -- Main phases -- Phase 1 : AD 1247-c. 1300 -- Phase 2 : c. 1300-68 -- Phase 3 : 1368-1698 -- A60010 : Northern building -- Walls and floor -- Western portal -- Northern entrance -- A60030 : Connecting wall -- A60020 : Southern building -- Outer masonry walls -- A60024 : Drainage -- Cellar and doorway -- A60021 : Ground floor partitions, internal walls -- A60022 : Fireplace and oven -- A60023 : Buttresses? -- A60025 : Privy -- The 1368 attack and 15th-17th-century continuity -- The Avaldsnes high-medieval royal manor complex -- New light on certain details of St âOlâafr's Church -- References -- Appendix : Radiocarbon datings -- Alf Tore Hommedal -- The Royal Edifice at Avaldsnes : A Palatium for the King or a Residence for his Canons? -- Historical setting and theoretical framework -- What is a royal palatium in the 13th and 14th century? -- Norwegian parallels to Avaldsnes -- Bergen : the royal residence at Holmen with the Church of the Apostles and the collegiate -- The (second) chapel of the Holy Apostles -- The two stone halls : The great "Stone Hall" or "Breiºastofu" (Hêakonshallen) -- The two stone halls : The smaller "Yule Hall" -- The first royal lodgings in stone, from the mid-13th century -- The curtain wall with at least two gatehouses -- The residential stone keep, "the keep by the sea" -- The second royal lodging in stone, from the late 13th century -- The (third) chapel of the Holy Apostles -- Summing up the royal 13th-century palatium in Bergen -- Oslo -- The royal residence with the St Mary church and the collegiate -- A keep construction initiated by the later St âOlâafr Church in Oslo? -- T²nsberg : the royal residences, in the town and at Tunsberghus, with the St Michael Church and the collegiate -- The royal edifice or palatium located in the northern part of the town centre -- The royal edifice or palatium at the castle of Tunsberghus -- The Royal Chapel of St Michael -- The residential brick keep, "Teglkastellet" -- Bredestuen -- Other west-Norwegian edifices -- Utstein as a royal manor -- Bergen : the archbishop's residence -- Stavanger : the bishop's residence -- The other Norwegian episcopal edifices -- Conclusion : Avaldsnes in light of other Norwegian princely edifices -- References -- Erik Opsahl -- Avaldsnes' Position in Norway in the 14th Century -- The Norwegian kingdom in the 14th century -- The royal travels and royal building complexes in Norway in the 13th and 14th centuries -- The use of the royal chapel organisation in the 14th century -- Avaldsnes as a juridical and economic centre in the 14th century -- The Hanseatic League and Avaldsnes -- The burning of Avaldsnes -- References.

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