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The social weight of silver in the Íslendingasögur and the Viking Age hoards

Ekengren, Fredrik LU orcid and Domeij, Maria LU (2015) p.20-26
Abstract
This study suggests a predominantly socially-strategic function of the silver found in Viking Age hoards, more specifically, connected to the realm of customary law and the blood feud as a social institution. This suggestion is based on a quantitative and contextual analysis of the Íslendingasögur, and a comparison between the function of silver in the sagas and the composition and context of the hoards.
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Spillings, Hoards, Silver, Customary law, Viking Age, Íslendingasögur, Early Medieval Archaeology, Family Sagas, Old Norse, Viking Studies
host publication
Small Things – Wide Horizons : Studies in Honour of Birgitta Hårdh - Studies in Honour of Birgitta Hårdh
editor
Larsson, Lars ; Ekengren, Fredrik ; Helgesson, Bertil and Söderberg, Bengt
pages
20 - 26
publisher
Archaeopress
external identifiers
  • scopus:85113896783
ISBN
9781784911317
project
The social weight of silver in Viking Age Scandinavia
language
English
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yes
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b69ea333-32ae-476f-b92e-93b669dd7b2e (old id 7760754)
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2016-04-04 11:12:54
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  author       = {{Ekengren, Fredrik and Domeij, Maria}},
  booktitle    = {{Small Things – Wide Horizons : Studies in Honour of Birgitta Hårdh}},
  editor       = {{Larsson, Lars and Ekengren, Fredrik and Helgesson, Bertil and Söderberg, Bengt}},
  isbn         = {{9781784911317}},
  keywords     = {{Spillings; Hoards; Silver; Customary law; Viking Age; Íslendingasögur; Early Medieval Archaeology; Family Sagas; Old Norse; Viking Studies}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{20--26}},
  publisher    = {{Archaeopress}},
  title        = {{The social weight of silver in the Íslendingasögur and the Viking Age hoards}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/38036019/Ekengren_Domeij_Lundborg_2015.pdf}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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