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1. Title Title of document 6. A north-European metropolis - Medieval Visby and Gotland
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Anders Andrén; Stockholm University;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Archaeology
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) role of Visby; merchants and craftsmen; warehouses; public buildings; ecclesiastical buildings; ecclesiastical institutions; city walls; medieval stone houses
 
6. Description Abstract The chapter begins with an overview of the stone houses in Visby, built between 1200 and 1350. About 125 are preserved, but it has been estimated that maybe 400 or 500 were originally built. The chapter also presents the major public buildings in Visby, including a large merchant hall, at least two large guild halls and a possible dancing house. Furthermore, all the ecclesiastical institutions in Visby are presented, in order to underline the multicultural character of the city. The chapter ends with a discussion about the character of Visby before it became a Hanseatic city in 1354. The number of stone houses makes Visby unique not only in Scandinavia but in the whole of northern Europe.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 01-Nov-2026
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/26491
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.26491
 
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