Acknowledgements; A Note on Spelling; A Note on the Sources; Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter One State formation and medieval Government; Chapter Two Sweden before 1130; Chapter Three Kings and Power Struggles: Sweden from 1130 to 1290; Chapter Four The state and the law; Chapter Five Kings and king's men; Chapter Six Territorial division; Chapter Seven Taxation and the military ledung; Chapter Eight The king's land; Chapter Nine Royal Administration in the early Folkung period; Chapter Ten Fortifications and urbanisation; Chapter Eleven The Church and the Ideology of Kingship
Summary
Presents a treatment of the medieval Swedish kingdom in its formative period, the 12th and 13th centuries. This book gives an overview of Scandinavian research on the subject and an analysis of the aspects of kingship and government. It contains over 40 maps and genealogical tables and places developments in Sweden within their European context
