Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia by Ruth Mazo Karras -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Contents Preface Introduction 1 Slavery and Servitude in Medieval European Society

DEFINITIONS OF SLAVERY A SKETCH OF SLAVERY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE FROM SLAVERY TO THE COLONATE IN LATE ROMAN ITALY VARIETIES OF SERVITUDE AND FREEDOM IN THE CAROLINGIAN REALMS PROBLEMS OF PERSONAL STATUS IN HIGH MEDIEVAL EUROPE SLAVERY, SERFDOM, AND FREEDOM IN ENGLAND THE END OF SLAVERY AND THE MEANING OF FREEDOM

2 The Identity of the Slave in Scandinavia

THE TERMINOLOGY OF SLAVERY SLAVE RAIDING AND SLAVE TRADING HEREDITARY AND DEBT SLAVERY THE IMAGE OF THE SLAVE

Ethnic Background Rígsþula: A Legend of Origins Stereotypes and Slavishness

3 The Slave in the Scandinavian Economies

SLAVES AS WEALTH: SLAVE BURIAL AND HUMAN SACRIFICE SLAVES AS CONCUBINES AGRICULTURAL SLAVERY

Norway Iceland Denmark Sweden

4 The Legal Construction of the Slave

THE SLAVE AS PROPERTY

Sale and Purchase Compensation for Slaves The Master’s Power over the Slave

THE SLAVE AS ACTOR

Shared Responsibility Slaves Answerable for Their Own Actions The Master’s Sole Responsibility

THE SLAVE'S PERSONAL RIGHTS

Ownership of Property Civic Participation Family Relations LAW AND THE SLAVE'S IMAGE

5 Slavery and Freedom

SLAVE RESISTANCE MANUMISSION

Circumstances. The Manumission Process Effects of Emancipation

DATING THE END OF SLAVERY

Iceland Norway Denmark Sweden

THE CHURCH'S ROLE ECONOMIC EXPLANATIONS FOR THE DECLINE OF SLAVERY

Iceland: Free Labor and the Supply of Slaves Norway: Tenant Farming Denmark: Demesne Laborers and Tenants Sweden: Tenant Farming and Internal Colonization

CHANGES IN SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETY

Scandinavian Freedom and European Serfdom The Ending of a Dichotomy Social Differentiation among the Free and the End of Slavery

Conclusion APPENDIX Note on the Use of Sources

LAW CODES

Norway Iceland Denmark Sweden

NORSE LITERATURE AND OTHER NARRATIVE

Abbreviations Notes

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 SLAVERY AND SERVITUDE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN SOCIETY CHAPTER 2 THE IDENTITY OF THE SLAVE IN SCANDINAVIA CHAPTER 3 THE SLAVE IN THE SCANDINAVIAN ECONOMIES CHAPTER 4 THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE SLAVE CHAPTER 5 SLAVERY AND FREEDOM CONCLUSION APPENDIX

Bibliography

MANUSCRIPTS SOURCE EDITIONS SECONDARY WORKS

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