Nordic Elites in Transformation c. 1050-1250 Volume I

<p>This book first in a series of three examines the social elites in Denmark Sweden Norway and Iceland and which social political and cultural resources went into their creation. The elite controlled enormous economic resources and exercised power over people. Power over agrarian production was essential to the elites during this period although mobile capital was becoming increasingly important. The book focuses on the material resources of the elites through questions such as: Which types of resources were at play? How did the elites acquire and exchange resources?</p>