Constant Crisis
Constant Crisis focuses on the culmination of struggles in the medieval Norwegian kingdom to examine whether these conflicts underscored a breakdown of society and polity or whether they created an equilibrium among factions that in fact "served to contain violence." Applying the term "constant cris...
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| description | Constant Crisis focuses on the culmination of struggles in the medieval Norwegian kingdom to examine whether these conflicts underscored a breakdown of society and polity or whether they created an equilibrium among factions that in fact "served to contain violence." Applying the term "constant crisis" for its deliberate "dissonance," Hans Jacob Orning observes that two properties were manifest in Norwegian political and social structures of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: a systemic balance achieved in an environment of "endemic power struggles," and a normalization of these conflicts that made it "possible to maneuver and make plans and strategies." The kings' sagas Sverris saga and Böglunga sögur are virtually indispensable sources of information on this period of Norwegian history, and Orning relies extensively on them, as well as on other medieval sources, to depict this era and its protagonists, including the major rival armed groups (the Birchlegs and the Croziers); and among kings, bishops, and earls, the person of King Sverre himself. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1721652026-02-20T05:18:26Z Constant Crisis Orning, Hans Jacob Medieval Norway Political conflict King Sverre Sverris saga Birchlegs Croziers Social structure Royal authority thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR3 Civil wars thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history Constant Crisis focuses on the culmination of struggles in the medieval Norwegian kingdom to examine whether these conflicts underscored a breakdown of society and polity or whether they created an equilibrium among factions that in fact "served to contain violence." Applying the term "constant crisis" for its deliberate "dissonance," Hans Jacob Orning observes that two properties were manifest in Norwegian political and social structures of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: a systemic balance achieved in an environment of "endemic power struggles," and a normalization of these conflicts that made it "possible to maneuver and make plans and strategies." The kings' sagas Sverris saga and Böglunga sögur are virtually indispensable sources of information on this period of Norwegian history, and Orning relies extensively on them, as well as on other medieval sources, to depict this era and its protagonists, including the major rival armed groups (the Birchlegs and the Croziers); and among kings, bishops, and earls, the person of King Sverre himself. 2026-02-20T05:18:25Z 2026-02-20T05:18:25Z 2026-02-19T08:14:38Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/110022 9780935995367 9780935995374 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/172165 eng Islandica open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/110022/2/9780935995374.pdf Cornell University Press Cornell University Library 10.7298/R1RJ-F850 10.7298/R1RJ-F850 05937e7b-c222-4680-9580-c09c5ce7a11e 9780935995367 9780935995374 Cornell University Library 276 Ithaca open access |
| spellingShingle | Medieval Norway Political conflict King Sverre Sverris saga Birchlegs Croziers Social structure Royal authority thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR3 Civil wars thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history Orning, Hans Jacob Constant Crisis |
| title | Constant Crisis |
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| topic | Medieval Norway Political conflict King Sverre Sverris saga Birchlegs Croziers Social structure Royal authority thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR3 Civil wars thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history |
| topic_facet | Medieval Norway Political conflict King Sverre Sverris saga Birchlegs Croziers Social structure Royal authority thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR3 Civil wars thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history |
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