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Author Orning, Hans Jacob.

Title Unpredictability and presence : Norwegian kingship in the High Middle Ages / by Hans Jacob Orning ; translated by Alan Crozier.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 375 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 38
Northern world ; v. 38.
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oslo Univ., 2004.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-365) and index.
Note Translated from the Norwegian.
Contents Ideal subordination : obedience and service -- The forerunner : the relationship to God -- The relationship to the king -- Practical subordination : loyalty -- The relationship between king and retainers -- The relationship between the king and the magnates -- The relationship between the king and the peasants -- Unpredictability and presence -- Norwegian kings 1161-1319 -- Larger factional groups 1177-1240 -- Titles of some important royal officials.
Summary Applies a legal anthropological framework to Norwegian history. This book focuses on what happens when pre-state conflict patterns encounters a stable royal power in the high middle ages. It formulates the question of state formation in a different way. It demonstrates the relevance of studying Scandinavian history as part of European history.
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Subject Norway -- Kings and rulers -- History.
Norway.
Kings and rulers.
History.
Monarchy -- Norway -- History -- To 1500.
Monarchy.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject State, The.
State, The.
Civilization, Medieval.
Civilization, Medieval.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1150-1350
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Uforutsigbarhet og nærvær. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008011291
Other Form: Print version: Orning, Hans Jacob. Uforutsigbarhet og nærvær. English. Unpredictability and presence. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 9789004166615 (DLC) 2008007239 (OCoLC)192079140
ISBN 9789047443285 (electronic book)
9047443284 (electronic book)
9789004166615 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004166610 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004166615.i-378