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Contents
| Geology and prehistory | 1 | |
| The Vestfold kingdom and the kaupang in Skiringssal | 11 | |
| Cultural prerequisites for Tønsberg's growth | 19 | |
| The oldest Tønsberg | 32 | |
| The introduction of Christianity in Vestfold. - Tønsberg under Olav the Holy | 54 | |
| From beach resort to market town | 64 | |
| The civil wars 1130 - 1240 | 74 | |
| The time 1130 - 1177 | 76 | |
| King Sverre in Tønsberg | 86 | |
| Tønsberg as the Bagler King's residence town 1204 - 1217 | 105 | |
| The slit tongue and ribbed tongue period 1217 - 1227 | 120 | |
| The end of the Civil War 1227 - 1240 | 133 | |
| Royal buildings in Tønsberg | 137 | |
| Kongsgården | 137 | |
| Tønsberghus (Tunsberghus - Castrum Tunsbergense) | 139 | |
| St. Michael's Church | 144 | |
| Living room | 153 | |
| Magnus Lagabøter's brick castle | 159 | |
| The curtain wall and front castles | 163 | |
| Churches and monasteries | 177 | |
| Lavran Church | 177 | |
| St. Mary's Church | 189 | |
| St. Peter's Church | 199 | |
| St. Thomas Church | 205 | |
| St. Olav's monastery | 206 | |
| The Minorite Monastery | 232 | |
| St. Stephen's and St. George's Hospital | 237 | |
| Teie vicarage and chapel | 240 | |
| Church and religious life. Tønsberg as a church center | 246 | |
| Political history 1240 - 1319 | 261 | |
| Håkon IV Håkonsson's reign of unity 1240 - 1263 | 262 | |
| Magnus Lagabøter 1263 - 1280 | 268 | |
| Eirik II Magnusson ("Prestehater") and Duke Håkon 1280 - 1299 | 273 | |
| Håkon V Magnusson (Hálegg) | 279 | |
| Trade and shipping in the age of prosperity | 288 | |
| Crafts and industry | 312 | |
| Management. Development of the city council | 334 | |
| Royal officials | 352 | |
| Coxswains and fairy shepherds | 352 | |
| Team members | 360 | |
| Political history 1319 - 1537 | 369 | |
| Board of Trustees 1319 - 1332 | 369 | |
| King Magnus V Eriksson's reign of unity 1332 - 1355 | 373 | |
| The great man blight and its consequences | 378 | |
| Magnus and Håkon's joint government 1350 - 1374 | 380 | |
| Håkon VI's sole reign 1374 - 1380 and Olav V Håkonsson 1380 - 1387 | 387 | |
| Political events in Tønsberg 1397 - 1537 | 390 | |
| The Hanseatic League in Tønsberg | 397 | |
| The end of the Hanseatic League. Beginning progress for citizens | 425 | |
| Buildings | 439 | |
| The individual farms | 445 | |
| Social and cultural conditions in Tønsberg in the Middle Ages | 460 | |
