Urbanization in Viking Age and Medieval Denmark

From Landing Place to Town

Maria Corsi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-19015-8 (ISBN)

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This study traces the history of urbanization in Denmark from c. 500 to 1350 and explores how interconnected political, religious, and economic factors were instrumental in bringing about the growth of towns. Prior to urban development, certain specialized sites such as elite residences and coastal landing places performed many of the functions that would later be taken over by medieval towns. Fundamental changes in political power, the coming of Christianity, and economic development over the course of the Viking and Middle Ages led to the abandonment of these sites in favour of new urban settlements that would come to form the political, religious, and economic centres of the medieval kingdom. Bringing together both archaeological and historical sources, this study illustrates not only how certain cultural and economic shifts were crucial to the development of towns, but also the important role urbanization had in the transition from Viking to medieval Denmark.

Maria R. D. Corsi, Ph.D. (2014), currently works as an archivist for the Massad Family Research Center at the University of Houston. Her research specialises in urbanization and the social and economic history of Viking and medieval Denmark.

Introduction, Chapter 1: Productive Sites and Landing Places, Chapter 2: The Emporia Network, Chapter 3: New Forms of Urbanization (c. 950-c.1050), Chapter 4: Urbanization c. 1050-1200, Chapter 5: Urbanization to 1350, Chapter 6: Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.11.2025
Reihe/Serie	The Early Medieval North Atlantic
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
ISBN-10	1-041-19015-8 / 1041190158
ISBN-13	978-1-041-19015-8 / 9781041190158
Zustand	Neuware