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Assembly in Mainland Europe: From Tacitus to Charlemagne Assembly in Mainland Europe: From Tacitus to Charlemagne
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1. Administrative divisions 1. Administrative divisions
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2. Althings and representative assemblies 2. Althings and representative assemblies
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3. Assembly hierarchy 3. Assembly hierarchy
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4. Meetings held at set times of the year and after incidents 4. Meetings held at set times of the year and after incidents
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5. Fixed assembly sites 5. Fixed assembly sites
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6. Courts and political arenas 6. Courts and political arenas
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7. Elite-driven 7. Elite-driven
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8. Legal resolution 8. Legal resolution
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1. Administrative divisions 1. Administrative divisions
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2. Althings and representative assemblies 2. Althings and representative assemblies
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3. Assembly hierarchy 3. Assembly hierarchy
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4. Fixed assembly sites 4. Fixed assembly sites
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5. Courts 5. Courts
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6. Meetings at set times of the year 6. Meetings at set times of the year
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7. Elite-driven 7. Elite-driven
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8. Legal resolution 8. Legal resolution
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9. Royal inauguration 9. Royal inauguration
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Assembly in Norse Society Assembly in Norse Society
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1. Administrative divisions 1. Administrative divisions
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2. Althings and representative assemblies 2. Althings and representative assemblies
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3. Assembly hierarchy 3. Assembly hierarchy
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4. Fixed assembly sites 4. Fixed assembly sites
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5. Meetings at set times of the year and after incidents 5. Meetings at set times of the year and after incidents
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6. Parliaments and courts 6. Parliaments and courts
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7. Elite-driven 7. Elite-driven
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8. Legal resolution 8. Legal resolution
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9. Royal election and inauguration 9. Royal election and inauguration
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10. Weapon inspections (vápnaþing) 10. Weapon inspections (vápnaþing)
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11. Trade 11. Trade
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12. Social activities 12. Social activities
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13. Conversion 13. Conversion
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Notes Notes
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2 Early Germanic and Norse Assembly Organisations
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Published:August 2017
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Abstract
Chapter 2 examines the function of assemblies in Vikingage society and provides a detailed analysis of the assembly institution in Scandinavia and how this fitted into earlier Germanic assembly systems in Mainland Europe. This is important as the thing organisation is at times seen as an isolated phenomenon related to Norse society only. It is shown that many of the traits present in Vikingage society are found in early medieval sources from Frankia and Saxony. This chapter also investigates which groups in society could actively participate in assembly-meetings, demonstrating that the elite was the most influential. The traditional male-female binary division of ‘included’ men and ‘excluded’ women is, moreover, shown to be invalid.
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