The Viking-Age Rune-Stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia

by Birgit Sawyer (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $81.58

  This is the first historical study of the whole body of late Viking runic inscription stones in Scandinavia. The 3,000 inscriptions which are more or less complete yield unexpected information on a wide range of topics, including the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity, the growth of royal power, and, most important of all, the inheritance customs of the period.