The Norwegian bureaucratic aristocracy and their manor houses in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

Except royal castles in major Norwegian towns, only two stone castles were built by Norwegian aristocrats in the High Middle Ages. All other aristocrats lived in wooden buildings. Of these only Lagmannsstova at Aga in Hardanger remains. It has been attributed to the appeal court judge Sigurd Brynju...

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Main Authors: Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, Guttorm Rogdaberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Board of DJA 2017-11-01
Series:Danish Journal of Archaeology
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/124835