[gothic-l] Goetaland

[Tore Gannholm]

Just a little clarification.
When the Swedes talk about richest in Sweden they don't include Gotland.
When you speak to Swedish scholars on this matter they say "Gotland is
quite special, we don't count it".
This is quite correct as Gotland was an independent republic.

Gotland is by far the richest archeological place in Scnadinavia.

Tore





>Albareiks,
>
>It is hard to give you an exact answer
>concerning Vaestgoetland(V) and Oestergoetland (O).
>Both provinces are the possibly two
>richest in archaelogical finds in southern
>Sweden frpm the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
>
>V. was the first province in Sweden to receive
>the Christian faith. It is claimed that King
>Olof Skoetkonung was baptised at Husaby
>in the beginning of the 11th century. A few decades
>later Vaestergoetland was the first bishopric.
>Politically all through the Middle Ages V and O
>were the leading provinces and it was not
>until the 13th century that the central power
>was transferred to Uppsala and later Stockholm.
>Two of the three Middle Age royal families
>in Sweden had their origin in V (the Stenkil
>family and the Eric family). The leading noble families
>in Sweden were also from V.
>
>In the case of O. it has a similar richness in
>archaelogical finds from the Stone Age to the
>Iron Age. The Sverker family and the Folkunga
>were centered in O. and it played an important
>role in national Swedish politics during the
>Middle Ahges. In the beginning of the 12th century
>O. was a bishopric and a number monestaries
>were founded.
>
>With the rise of King Gustav Vasa and the Vasa
>family the relative independence of V. and O. was
>abandoned in favour of centralistic power in
>Stockholm. No country in Europe, except
>possibly France, has such a heritage of centralized
>government.
>
>Gothically
>
>Bertil
>
>> When did southern parts of Sweden become known as Oster- and Vester
>> Goetaland (sp?), and when did Gotland become designated as such?  Was it BC,
>> before the Gothic migration south to the Poland area, or at some later time,
>> perhaps the 6th century AD?
>
>
>
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