UID:
almahu_9949701473802882
Format:
1 online resource (502 pages)
ISBN:
9789004331570
Series Statement:
The Northern World ; v. 76
Content:
In Tales of the Iron Bloomery Bernt Rundberget examines the ironmaking in southern Hedmark in Norway in the period AD 700-1300. Excavations show that this method is distinctive and geographically limited; this is expressed by the technology, organization, development and large-scale production. The ironmaking practice had its origins in increasing demands for iron, due to growth in urbanization, church power, kingship and mercantile networks. Rundberget's main hypothesis is that iron became the economic basis for political developments, from chiefdom to kingdom. Iron extraction activity grew from the late Viking Age, throughout the early medieval period, before it came to a sudden collapse around AD 1300. This trend correlates with the rise and fall of the kingdom.
Note:
Appendix IIa: 14C-datings and dendrochronological datings from the Gråfjell area.
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Research Backdrop -- Jernvinna in the Gråfjell Area-Conformity in Distinctiveness -- A Regional Tradition -- The Dating of the Hedmark Tradition -- The Volume of Production from the Hedmark Tradition -- The Study Area in the Light of Archaeological and Historical Sources -- Tales of the Iron Bloomery -- The Economic Role of Iron in an Inter-regional Perspective -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Rundberget, Bernt. Tales of the Iron Bloomery : Ironmaking in Southeastern Norway - Foundation of Statehood c. AD 700-1300. Leiden : BRILL, c2016 ISBN 9789004278790
Language:
English
