Abstract
An introduction to a book on village formation and village structure during the Middle Ages in Scania, that puts the following studies in a wider framework focussing on issues of aristocratization and urbanization and on larger cycles of expansion and regression in the Eurasian world. The text also argues that the Swedish or Nordic periodization of the Middle Ages should be abandoned in favour of a continental one.
| Original language | Swedish |
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| Title of host publication | Byarnas bönder. Medeltida samhällsförändring i Västskåne |
| Editors | Mats Mogren |
| Publisher | Riksantikvarieämbetet |
| Pages | 8-33 |
| ISBN (Print) | 91-7209-401-x |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Archaeology
Keywords
- aristocratization
- expansion and regression cycles
- urbanization