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Abstract
This study suggests a predominantly socially-strategic function of the silver found in Viking Age hoards, more specifically, connected to the realm of customary law and the blood feud as a social institution. This suggestion is based on a quantitative and contextual analysis of the Íslendingasögur, and a comparison between the function of silver in the sagas and the composition and context of the hoards.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Small Things – Wide Horizons |
| Subtitle of host publication | Studies in Honour of Birgitta Hårdh |
| Editors | Lars Larsson, Fredrik Ekengren, Bertil Helgesson, Bengt Söderberg |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Archaeopress |
| Pages | 20-26 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781784911317 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- History and Archaeology
Free keywords
- Spillings
- Hoards
- Silver
- Customary law
- Viking Age
- Íslendingasögur
- Early Medieval Archaeology
- Family Sagas
- Old Norse
- Viking Studies
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Small Things – Wide Horizons: Studies in Honour of Birgitta Hårdh
Larsson, L. (Editor), Ekengren, F. (Editor), Helgesson, B. (Editor) & Söderberg, B. (Editor), 2015, Archaeopress. 308 p. (Archaeopress Archaeology)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology (editor) › Research
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- 1 Finished
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The social weight of silver in Viking Age Scandinavia
Ekengren, F. (PI) & Domeij, M. (PI)
2014/01/01 → 2020/01/31
Project: Research