The Nature of Kingship C. 800-1300 : the Danish Incident.
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2017
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| Series: | Northern World Ser.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures; Chart; Map; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Historiography; Kings and Clans; The Birth of the Viking Age; Regnum and Sacerdotium; A Tenth-Century Central Power; The Historical Turning Point; A Medieval Kingdom of the Viking Age; The Janus-Faced King; The Birth of Medieval Kingship; Conclusion; Chapter 2. A Speculum Regale; The European Context; Rex Gratia Dei; Popular Legitimation of Kingship; The Lawmaker; The Ideal Leader; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Genealogy; Historical Kings until c. 1140; Legendary Kings
- Historic Kings in Sources from c. 1140Conclusion; Chapter 4. Marca, Feudum, and Sovereignty; The Danish Marca; Feudum; Sovereignty; Sovereignty-an Anachronism?; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Law, Justice, and Constitution; Sources of Medieval Law; Narratives of the Earliest Danish Laws; Extant Laws and Ordinances before 1241; Monarchical Legislation and Jurisdiction before 1241; Extant Laws and Ordinances from 1241; Monarchical Legislation and Jurisdiction from 1241; Constitution; Conclusion; Chapter 6. Landownership; Ownership in Roman Law; Ownership in Medieval Jurisprudence
- Family OwnershipPrivate Property; Ways of Acquiring Land; Common Rights and Dominium Utile; Conclusion; Chapter 7. Tax; Tribute, Plunder, and Gifts; Mint Taxes; Town and Market Taxes; Customs Duties; Urban and Commercial Duties; Rural Taxes; Conclusion; Chapter 8. War and Peace; Viking Kings and/or Warlords; Medieval Kings and/or Warlords; Towards a Public Army?; Military Law; Conclusion; Chapter 9. The Realm; Dane; Denmark; The Geopolitical Area of Denmark before the Mid-Eleventh Century; Towards the Formation of a Realm; The Danish Realm; Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Overall AssessmentBibliography; Printed Sources; Secondary Sources; Index of Persons and Places; Subject Index
