The Viking-age rune-stones : custom and commemoration in early medieval Scandinavia

TITLE PAGE......Page 3
PREFACE......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
LIST OF PLATES......Page 12
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 14
LIST OF MAPS......Page 15
LIST OF TABLES......Page 16
SOURCES, ABBREVIATIONS, AND CONVENTIONS......Page 17
INTRODUCTION......Page 23
SURVEY......Page 27
1: RUNE-STONES, THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 29
2: PRESENTATION OF THE CORPUS AND ITS SUBGROUP; BASES OF ANALYSES......Page 46
3: PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE......Page 69
4: INHERITANCE: CUSTOMS AND LAWS......Page 93
5: SOCIETY AND STATUS......Page 114
6: CONVERSION......Page 146
7: CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 168
EXCURSUS: THE TUG-OF-WAR OVER THYRE......Page 180
APPENDIX 1: Distribution of Rune-stones......Page 189
APPENDIX 2: Categories of Sponsors and Deceased......Page 190
APPENDIX 3: Frequency of Relationships......Page 191
APPENDIX 4: Inheritances......Page 192
APPENDIX 5: Unspecified Relationships Implying Inheritance......Page 194
APPENDIX 6: Titles......Page 196
APPENDIX 7: Epithets......Page 200
APPENDIX 8: 'Bonder'......Page 206
APPENDIX 9: Travellers......Page 207
APPENDIX 10: Bridge-builders......Page 208
CATALOGUE......Page 211
EXPLANATORY NOTES......Page 213
DENMARK AND BORNHOLM......Page 222
NORWAY......Page 229
SWEDEN (EXCLUDING UPPLAND)......Page 232
UPPLAND......Page 260
REFERENCES......Page 285