Kingship and State Formation in Sweden, 1130-1290 : Kingship and State Formation in Sweden, 1130-1290

1st ed.

Englisch

Boston : BRILL, 2007

2007

1 online resource (720 pages)

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Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789004155787

978-90-474-1983-9

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-04-15578-7 (Druckausgabe)

*Sweden -- History -- To 1397 ; Sweden -- Politics and government ; Sweden -- Kings and rulers ; State, The

*State, The ; Sweden ; History ; To 1397 ; Sweden ; Kings and rulers ; Sweden ; Politics and government ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DL672

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 948.5/018;

bcl: 15.70

This book is the first treatment in English of the medieval Swedish kingdom in its formative period, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It provides an overview of Scandinavian research on the subject and an analysis of all aspects of kingship and government.

Acknowledgements -- A Note on Spelling -- A Note on the Sources -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter One State formation and medieval Government -- 1.1. From chiefdom to state -- 1.2. The nature of politics and government in the Early and High Middle Ages -- Chapter Two Sweden before 1130 -- 2.1. Peoples, regions and regional identity -- 2.2. Kings and aristocracy -- 2.3. An early administration? -- 2.4. The creation of the kingdom -- 2.5. External overlordship -- 2.6. The arrival of christianity -- Chapter Three Kings and Power Struggles: Sweden from 1130 to 1290 -- 3.1. The structure of political factions and the basis of their power in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Sweden -- 3.2. Contenders for the kingship -- 3.3. The reign of Sverker the Elder c. 1132-1156 -- 3.4. The reigns of Erik Jedvardsson and Magnus Henriksen c. 1156-61 -- 3.5. Karl Sverkersson c. 1161-67 -- 3.6. Knut Eriksson c. 1167-95 -- 3.7. Sverker the Younger c. 1195-1208 -- 3.8. Erik Knutsson 1208-16 -- 3.9. Johan Sverkersson 1216-22 -- 3.10. Erik Eriksson's first reign and Knut Långe 1222-34 -- 3.11. Erik Eriksson's second reign 1234-50 -- 3.12. Valdemar Birgersson 1250-75 -- 3.13. Magnus Birgersson (Ladulås) 1275-90 -- 3.14. Final remarks on the nature of conflict in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Sweden -- Chapter Four The state and the law -- Chapter Five Kings and king's men -- 5.1. Sweden's jarls -- 5.2. The king and his advisors -- 5.3. The election of kings -- Chapter Six Territorial division -- Chapter Seven Taxation and the military ledung -- 7.1. Land ownership -- 7.2 The growth of taxation and valued land units -- 7.3. The military ledung and its substitute Taxes -- 7.4. Liä, ledung and changes in warfare in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Sweden -- Chapter Eight The king's land -- 8.1. Uppsala öd -- 8.2. The nature of administration before 1250.

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