5. Early Visby
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 5. Early Visby - Medieval Visby and Gotland |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Anders Andrén; Stockholm University; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Visby; trading port; permanent settlement; urban expansion; early urban churches; St Mary's Church (Visby) |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The chapter provides an introduction to the much disputed question of the early history of Visby. At the site of Visby, a trading port probably existed already in the ninth and tenth centuries, because graves and objects from that period have been found in the later city centre. However, a more permanent settlement, together with an early church, can only be traced from the second half of the eleventh century. From the mid twelfth century Visby radiply expanded, with a dense urban settlement of wood, two stone towers by the habour and at least three stone churches. The most important was the German church, inaugurated in 1190 as a three-aisled basilica. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Nov-2026 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/26490 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.26490 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Medieval Visby and Gotland |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Visby; Gotland, medieval period |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |