Chapter One: Rhetorical Contexts in Viking Studies
Chapter Two: Rhetorically Constructing Medieval Scandinavia
Chapter Three: Geography and Its Rhetorical Importance
Chapter Four: The Rhetoric of Praising and Shaming in the Viking World
Chapter Five: The Rhetoric of Civic Bonds and Shame Structures
Chapter Six: “Loud Approval at the Law Rock”: The Nordic Legal Tradition
Chapter Seven: Legal Reasonableness in Action: Four Case Studies
Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Towards an Understanding of Nordic Civic and Legal Rhetoric
Bibliography
Index