Ebook: The Martial Society: Aspects of Warriors, Fortifications and Social Change in Scandinavia

In September 2001 the symposium 'War and conflicts in transition periods: From the heroic warriors of the Bronze Age to the medieval mercenaries' was hosted at the Viking Age site of Birka on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren. The present publication is a result of this symposium. It can also be regarded as a summary of the research project 'Strongholds and Fortifications in Central Sweden AD 400–1100' ('Borgar och befästningsverk
i Mellansverige 400–1100 e.Kr.', abbrev. 'BMS'), funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond).