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Aristocratic Expressions in settlement and landscape from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages

Author

Editor

  • Sören Sindbaek
  • Björn Poulsen

Summary, in English

The purpose of this article is to discuss how the aristocracy used space and landscape to strengthen their position in society and how this process developed from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

80-93

Publication/Series

Settlement and Lordship in Viking and Early Medieval Scandinavia

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Brepols

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • ideology
  • landscape
  • medieval aristocracy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-2-503-53131-1