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Acknowledgements .. xi Abbreviations .. xvi Preface .. xix Chapter One: State formation and medieval Government .. 1 Chapter Two: Sweden before 1130 .. 34 Chapter Three: Kings and Power Struggles: Sweden from 1130 to 1290 .. 69 Chapter Four: The state and the law .. 151 Chapter Five: Kings and king's men .. 175 Chapter Six: Territorial division .. 206 Chapter Seven: Taxation and the military ledung .. 225 Chapter Eight: The king's land .. 268 Chapter Nine: Royal Administration in the early Folkung period .. 297 Chapter Ten: Fortifications and urbanisation .. 306 Chapter Eleven: The Church and the Ideology of Kingship .. 338 Chapter Twelve: Eastward Expansion .. 410 Conclusion .. 468 Appendix 1: Families and their Landholdings .. 481 Appendix 2: Swedish fortifications and palaces .. 522 List of Kings and Rulers of Sweden .. 554 Genealogical tables .. 563 Maps .. 607 Bibliography .. 631 Index .. 669

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