KLAVS RANDSBORG AND THE NINTH CENTURY AD
Richard Hodges
Archaeology over the past fifty years has shown that in early 9 th century Western Europe experimented with a coalescing of states affirmed by common reform ideology and it increased communication to regions beyond. At different speeds, adopted this new strategy known as correctio . Within generation, gave rise ‘feudal’ economy significantly regionalism. The archaeology shows there were winners losers these fast-changing regions. losers, many cases, controlled written narratives ascribed their altered socio-economic condition Others time, not least because leading exponents pot-correctio economic agenda. This paper revisits Klavs Randsborg’s groundbreaking book, Viking Age Denmark , context post-war approaches Europe’s post-classical narrative.
Acta Archaeologica