The Viking World (Routledge Worlds)

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7 Farm and village in the Viking Age 67
Jan-Henrik Fallgren
( 1 ) Manor, cult and market at Lake Tissø 77
Lars Jørgensen
8 The development of urbanism in Scandinavia 83
Dagfinn Skre
( 1 ) Birka 94
Björn Ambrosiani
( 2 ) Hedeby: an outline of its research history 101
Volker Hilberg
( 3 ) Kaupang – ‘Skíringssalr’ 112
Dagfinn Skre
( 4 ) Lejre and Roskilde 121
Tom Christensen
( 5 ) Ribe 126
Claus Feveile
( 6 ) ‘Ridanæs’: a Viking Age port of trade at Fröjel, Gotland 131
Dan Carlsson
( 7 ) Sebbersund 135
Jens N. Nielsen
( 8 ) Sigtuna 140
Jonas Ros
( 9 ) Viking Age Uppåkra and Lund 145
Birgitta Hårdh

Technology and trade
9 Local and long-distance exchange 150
Søren Michael Sindbæk

10 Coinage and monetary economies 159
Svein H. Gullbekk


11 Viking ships and the sea 170
Jan Bill


12 Viking Age textiles 181
Annika Larsson


13 Handicrafts 186
John Ljungkvist


Warfare and weaponry

14 Raiding and warfare 193
Gareth Williams


15 Viking weaponry 204
Anne Pedersen


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