The Nature of Kingship C. 800-1300 : The Danish Incident.
- 1st ed.
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- 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.