Household men, mercenaries and vikings in anglo-saxon England

Abels, Richard

doi:10.1163/ej.9789004164475.i-415.47

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“…Early Gepid populations were known allies of the Roman Empire and were also believed to be part of the Roman foederati (Previté-Orton, 1975;Ivleva, 2012). When the Roman Emperor Constantine III withdrew the Roman legions from Britain, the remaining Roman imperials refused to defend the territory (France and Abels, 2009). Foederati were deployed to protect from invasion (barbarians, Picts, Scots), and were allowed to retain their leadership, fighting style and ethnic identity (Hawkes and Dunning, 1961;Esmonde, 1989;Gowland, 2002).…”

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Romans, barbarians and foederati: New biomolecular data and a possible region of origin for “Headless Romans” and other burials from Britain

Crowder

Montgomery

Filipek

et al. 2020

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Romans, barbarians and foederati: New biomolecular data and a possible region of origin for “Headless Romans” and other burials from Britain

Crowder

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Filipek

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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“…47.Hooper 1992, 18, 1994, 98. Sweyn and Cnut's housecarls have elements of a standing military force, but they are generally not considered a fully fledged permanent military force by historians; see Abels 2008; Hooper 1992, 19–20; Lavelle 2010, 155. Housecarls were agents or retinues of kings and earls, serving them personally.…”

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Wisdom Is Welcome Wherever It Comes From: War, Diffusion, and State Formation in Scandinavia

Grynaviski

Steinsson

2023

Int Org

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Prominent theories of state formation hold that states formed because of warfare and competition on the one hand, or the diffusion of organizational templates and practices through learning and emulation on the other. We propose that the two strands of theory can be linked to more accurately account for mechanisms of state formation. War, we argue, is an important source of social diffusion. War establishes contacts between political elites across borders, generates migratory flows, and establishes new economic networks. We examine the validity of the theory through a comparative case study of Nordic political units from the dawn of the Viking Age to the end of the High Middle Ages (CE 800–1300), finding that raids, settlements, and conquests by Norwegian and Danish rulers in England, Europe's most advanced kingdom, set in motion state formation processes in Norway and Denmark. In these cases, the winners emulated the losers.

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The People Trafficking Princes: Slaves, Silver and State Formation in Poland

Roach

2020

Slavonica

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The Piast princes were traders in slaves which was the foundation of their power. Conversion to Christianity was part of a wider project at stabilisation which can be compared to Coase's "firm", whereby previously 'ad hoc' market arrangements between agents are formalised in return for regular remuneration. This proved timely as the establishment of the Piast state coincided with a decline of the trade with the east, but enabled the Piasts to take a larger share of what commerce remained. Despite their best efforts, in the 1030s the Piasts succumbed to internal pressures and powerful neighbours . Nevertheless, the structures they created provided the basis for the kingdom of Poland.

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Household men, mercenaries and vikings in anglo-saxon England

Cited by 7 publications

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Romans, barbarians and foederati: New biomolecular data and a possible region of origin for “Headless Romans” and other burials from Britain

Romans, barbarians and foederati: New biomolecular data and a possible region of origin for “Headless Romans” and other burials from Britain

Wisdom Is Welcome Wherever It Comes From: War, Diffusion, and State Formation in Scandinavia

The People Trafficking Princes: Slaves, Silver and State Formation in Poland

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