The Retinue and the Ship - An Archaeo-sociological Study of Scandinavia at the Turn of the East Millennium and the Following Centuries
This paper argues that the ledungen organization, known from medieval provincial laws in Scandinavia, was an attempt to introduce and/or enhance central influence on local and regional administration. Ledungen was organized as a royal seaborne retinue, and used the idea of the ship and the ship...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet
1999-12-01
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| Series: | Current Swedish Archaeology |
| Online Access: | https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/970 |