The Medieval Household Daily Life in Castles and Farmsteads: Scandinavian Examples in Their European Context: 02

Recent archaeological excavations in Scandinavia provide us with a fascinating insight into the household and its function as a social focus for people of different medieval social estates. This book investigates four excavated Swedish sites - the castles of Saxholmen and Edsholm, and the rural settlements of Skramle and Skinnerud - in order to juxtapose the daily life of nobles and peasants. The author argues that the practices of everyday life revealed by these sites offer new insights into social traditions, mentalities, and cultural patterns. In particular, she asserts that notwithstanding the huge social gulf between the peasantry and the nobility in medieval Scandinavia, the two social groups shared some fundamental experiences which point to a common cultural milieu. In turn, the author uses daily life as a prism for addressing the formation of common European cultural traits during the medieval period by comparing these excavations with material from comparable sites in Central and Western Europe. By means of this comparison, the author questions the degree to which we may talk about a process of 'Europeanization' taking place in this era. 01FrontMatter.pdf -1 Page 1 1 Page 2 2 Page 3 3 Page 4 4 Page 5 5 Page 6 6 Page 7 7 Page 9 9 Page 10 10 Page 11 11 Page 12 12 Page 13 13 Page 14 14 Page 15 15 Page 16 16 viii.pdf -1 Page 8 8 02Part1.pdf -1 Page 1 17 Page 2 18 Page 3 19 Page 4 20 Page 5 21 Page 6 22 Page 7 23 Page 8 24 Page 9 25 Page 10 26 Page 11 27 Page 12 28 Page 13 29 Page 14 30 Page 15 31 Page 16 32 Page 17 33 Page 18 34 Page 19 35 Page 20 36 Page 21 37 Page 22 38 Page 23 39 Page 24 40 Page 25 41 Page 26 42 Page 27 43 Page 28 44 Page 29 45 Page 30 46 Page 31 47 Page 32 48 Page 33 49 Page 34 50 Page 35 51 Page 36 52 Page 37 53 Page 38 54 Page 39 55 Page 40 56 Page 41 57 Page 42 58 Page 43 59 Page 44 60 Page 45 61 Page 46 62 Page 47 63 Page 48 64 Page 49 65 Page 50 66 Page 51 67 03Part2.pdf -1 Page 1 69 Page 2 70 Page 3 71 Page 94 162 Page 95 163 Page 96 164 Page 97 165 Page 98 166 56_145.pdf -1 Page 4 72 Page 6 74 Page 7 75 Page 8 76 Page 9 77 Page 10 78 Page 12 80 Page 13 81 Page 14 82 Page 15 83 Page 16 84 Page 17 85 Page 18 86 Page 19 87 Page 20 88 Page 21 89 Page 22 90 Page 23 91 Page 24 92 Page 25 93 Page 26 94 Page 27 95 Page 28 96 Page 29 97 Page 30 98 Page 32 100 Page 33 101 Page 34 102 Page 35 103 Page 36 104 Page 37 105 Page 38 106 Page 39 107 Page 41 109 Page 43 111 Page 44 112 Page 45 113 Page 46 114 Page 48 116 Page 50 118 Page 52 120 Page 53 121 Page 55 123 Page 56 124 Page 57 125 Page 59 127 Page 63 131 Page 64 132 Page 65 133 Page 66 134 Page 67 135 Page 68 136 Page 69 137 Page 71 139 Page 72 140 Page 73 141 Page 75 143 Page 76 144 Page 77 145 Page 79 147 Page 81 149 Page 83 151 Page 84 152 Page 85 153 Page 86 154 Page 87 155 Page 88 156 Page 89 157 Page 90 158 Page 91 159 Page 93 161 04Part3.pdf -1 Page 1 167 Page 2 168 Page 3 169 Page 4 170 Page 5 171 Page 6 172 Page 7 173 Page 8 174 Page 9 175 Page 10 176 Page 11 177 Page 80 246 Page 81 247 Page 82 248 Page 83 249 Page 84 250 Page 85 251 Page 86 252 Page 87 253 Page 88 254 Page 89 255 Page 90 256 Page 91 257 Page 92 258 Page 93 259 Page 94 260 Page 95 261 Page 96 262 Page 97 263 Page 98 264 Page 99 265 Page 100 266 Page 101 267 Page 102 268 Page 103 269 Page 104 270 Page 105 271 Page 106 272 Page 107 273 Page 108 274 Page 109 275 Page 110 276 Page 111 277 Page 112 278 Page 113 279 Page 114 280 Page 115 281 Page 116 282 Page 117 283 Page 118 284 Page 119 285 Page 120 286 Page 121 287 Page 122 288 Page 123 289 Page 124 290 05Part4.pdf -1 Page 1 291 Page 2 292 Page 3 293 Page 4 294 Page 5 295 Page 6 296 Page 8 298 Page 9 299 Page 10 300 Page 11 301 Page 12 302 Page 13 303 Page 14 304 Page 15 305 Page 16 306 Page 17 307 Page 18 308 Page 20 310 Page 21 311 Page 22 312 Page 23 313 Page 24 314 Page 25 315 Page 26 316 Page 27 317 Page 28 318 Page 29 319 Page 30 320 Page 31 321 Page 32 322 Page 33 323 Page 34 324 Page 35 325 Page 36 326 Page 37 327 Page 38 328 Page 39 329 Page 40 330 Page 41 331 Page 42 332 Page 43 333 Page 44 334 Page 45 335 Page 46 336 Page 47 337 Page 48 338 Page 49 339 Page 50 340 Page 51 341 Page 52 342 Page 53 343 Page 54 344 Page 55 345 Page 56 346 Page 57 347 Page 58 348 Page 59 349 Page 60 350 Page 61 351 Page 62 352 Page 63 353 Page 64 354 Page 65 355 Page 66 356 Page 67 357 Page 68 358 Page 69 359 06Part5.pdf -1 Page 1 361 Page 2 362 Page 3 363 Page 4 364 Page 5 365 Page 6 366 Page 7 367 Page 8 368 Page 9 369 Page 10 370 Page 11 371 Page 12 372 Page 13 373 Page 14 374 Page 15 375 07Bibliography.pdf -1 Page 1 377 Page 2 378 Page 3 379 Page 4 380 Page 5 381 Page 6 382 Page 7 383 Page 8 384 Page 9 385 Page 10 386 Page 11 387 Page 12 388 Page 13 389 Page 14 390 Page 15 391 Page 16 392 Page 17 393 Page 18 394 Page 19 395 Page 20 396 Page 21 397 Page 22 398 History,Europe,Medieval "Recent archaeological excavations in Scandinavia provide us with a fascinating insight into the household and its function as a social focus for people of different medieval social estates. This book investigates four excavated Swedish sites -- the castles of Saxholmen and Edsholm, and the rural settlements of Skramle and Skinnerud - in order to juxtapose the daily life of nobles and peasants. The author argues that the practices of everyday life revealed by these sites offer new insights into social traditions, mentalities, and cultural patterns. In particular, she asserts that notwithstanding the huge social gulf between the peasantry and nobility in medieval Scandinavia, the two social groups shared some fundamental experiences which point to a common cultural milieu. In turn, the author uses daily life as a prism for addressing the formation of common European cultural traits during the medieval period by comparing these excavations with material from comparable sites in Central and Western Europe. By means of this comparison, the author questions the degree to which we may talk about a process of 'Europeanization' taking place in this era."--BOOK JACKET