A short comment on the early development of Odense

Authors

  • Olav Elias Gundersen
  • Johan Sandvang Larsen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/21662282.2018.1520427

Keywords:

Proto-town, town, Viking Age, medieval period, Odense, urban

Abstract

In a recent overview of the material from eighth to twelfth century Odense, Runge and Henriksen propose to move the date of the town’s foundation by a hundred years, to the early tenth century. In this brief comment we challenge their interpretation of the earliest Odense, and point to some problems with their definition of what constitutes towns and proto-towns, as well as the analysis of the material they present.

Author Biographies

Olav Elias Gundersen

Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), Aarhus University, Højbjerg, Denmark

Johan Sandvang Larsen

Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), Aarhus University, Højbjerg, Denmark

References

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Runge, M. and Henriksen, M.B., 2018. The origins of Odense - new aspects of early urbanisation in southern Scandinavia. Danish Journal of Archaeology, 7, 2-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/21662282.2018.1475891

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Published

2018-11-01

How to Cite

Gundersen, O. E., & Larsen, J. S. (2018). A short comment on the early development of Odense. Danish Journal of Archaeology, 7, 218–220. https://doi.org/10.1080/21662282.2018.1520427

Issue

Vol. 7 (2018)

Section

Research Article

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