The Nature of Kingship C. 800-1300 : The Danish Incident.
Hybel, Nils.
The Nature of Kingship C. 800-1300 : The Danish Incident. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (400 pages) - The Northern World Series ; v.83 . - The Northern World Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Chart -- Map -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Historiography -- Kings and Clans -- The Birth of the Viking Age -- Regnum and Sacerdotium -- A Tenth-Century Central Power -- The Historical Turning Point -- A Medieval Kingdom of the Viking Age -- The Janus-Faced King -- The Birth of Medieval Kingship -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. A Speculum Regale -- The European Context -- Rex Gratia Dei -- Popular Legitimation of Kingship -- The Lawmaker -- The Ideal Leader -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Genealogy -- Historical Kings until c. 1140 -- Legendary Kings -- Historic Kings in Sources from c. 1140 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Marca, Feudum, and Sovereignty -- The Danish Marca -- Feudum -- Sovereignty -- Sovereignty-an Anachronism? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Law, Justice, and Constitution -- Sources of Medieval Law -- Narratives of the Earliest Danish Laws -- Extant Laws and Ordinances before 1241 -- Monarchical Legislation and Jurisdiction before 1241 -- Extant Laws and Ordinances from 1241 -- Monarchical Legislation and Jurisdiction from 1241 -- Constitution -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Landownership -- Ownership in Roman Law -- Ownership in Medieval Jurisprudence -- Family Ownership -- Private Property -- Ways of Acquiring Land -- Common Rights and Dominium Utile -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Tax -- Tribute, Plunder, and Gifts -- Mint Taxes -- Town and Market Taxes -- Customs Duties -- Urban and Commercial Duties -- Rural Taxes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. War and Peace -- Viking Kings and/or Warlords -- Medieval Kings and/or Warlords -- Towards a Public Army? -- Military Law -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. The Realm -- Dane -- Denmark -- The Geopolitical Area of Denmark before the Mid-Eleventh Century. Towards the Formation of a Realm -- The Danish Realm -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10. Overall Assessment -- Bibliography -- Printed Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index of Persons and Places -- Subject Index.
The Nature of Kingship c. 800-1300. The Danish Incident by Nils Hybel presents the first comprehensive history of the changeable nature of monarchial power in Danish territories from the Viking Age to the Central Middle Ages.
9789004358355
Kings and rulers-History.
Electronic books.
JC375 .H934 2017
948.901
The Nature of Kingship C. 800-1300 : The Danish Incident. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (400 pages) - The Northern World Series ; v.83 . - The Northern World Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Chart -- Map -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Historiography -- Kings and Clans -- The Birth of the Viking Age -- Regnum and Sacerdotium -- A Tenth-Century Central Power -- The Historical Turning Point -- A Medieval Kingdom of the Viking Age -- The Janus-Faced King -- The Birth of Medieval Kingship -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. A Speculum Regale -- The European Context -- Rex Gratia Dei -- Popular Legitimation of Kingship -- The Lawmaker -- The Ideal Leader -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Genealogy -- Historical Kings until c. 1140 -- Legendary Kings -- Historic Kings in Sources from c. 1140 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Marca, Feudum, and Sovereignty -- The Danish Marca -- Feudum -- Sovereignty -- Sovereignty-an Anachronism? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Law, Justice, and Constitution -- Sources of Medieval Law -- Narratives of the Earliest Danish Laws -- Extant Laws and Ordinances before 1241 -- Monarchical Legislation and Jurisdiction before 1241 -- Extant Laws and Ordinances from 1241 -- Monarchical Legislation and Jurisdiction from 1241 -- Constitution -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Landownership -- Ownership in Roman Law -- Ownership in Medieval Jurisprudence -- Family Ownership -- Private Property -- Ways of Acquiring Land -- Common Rights and Dominium Utile -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Tax -- Tribute, Plunder, and Gifts -- Mint Taxes -- Town and Market Taxes -- Customs Duties -- Urban and Commercial Duties -- Rural Taxes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. War and Peace -- Viking Kings and/or Warlords -- Medieval Kings and/or Warlords -- Towards a Public Army? -- Military Law -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. The Realm -- Dane -- Denmark -- The Geopolitical Area of Denmark before the Mid-Eleventh Century. Towards the Formation of a Realm -- The Danish Realm -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10. Overall Assessment -- Bibliography -- Printed Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index of Persons and Places -- Subject Index.
The Nature of Kingship c. 800-1300. The Danish Incident by Nils Hybel presents the first comprehensive history of the changeable nature of monarchial power in Danish territories from the Viking Age to the Central Middle Ages.
9789004358355
Kings and rulers-History.
Electronic books.
JC375 .H934 2017
948.901