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Contents
| A historic book release | 9 |
| Bygdebok committee's foreword | 11 |
| The author's relationship | 13 |
| Chapter 1 | |
| Introduction | 15 |
| The importance of village history | 15 |
| Two types of village books | 17 |
| A cultural-historical presentation | 18 |
| The source material | 19 |
| The period 1500-1800 | 21 |
| Chapter 2 | |
| Village and population | 23 |
| What is a village? | 24 |
| Administrative boundaries | 25 |
| Building in the shadow of the Black Death | 28 |
| Population figures in the 1600s | 31 |
| A growing population in the 18th century | 32 |
| Farmers of many kinds | 38 |
| Between farmers, servants and conditioned | 41 |
| Farmers in growth | 43 |
| A first glimpse into the farms | 44 |
| A complex rural community | 45 |
| Chapter 3 | |
| Land, owners and users | 47 |
| Land charges and ownership | 48 |
| Different types of landowners | 51 |
| Ownership in 1647 | 53 |
| Farmer-owners | 55 |
| Store owners among farmers | 56 |
| The king as owner | 59 |
| The benefited goods | 60 |
| Other owners | 62 |
| An overview of the 18th century | 63 |
| Changed property conditions | 64 |
| Farming rights and other areas of conflict | 68 |
| Chapter 4 | |
| People and the earth | 73 |
| What was grown? | 75 |
| Grain harvest | 76 |
| "Evil yearlings" | 78 |
| Were farmers producing enough? | 79 |
| Arable farming | 80 |
| Tillage of the soil | 83 |
| Sow and harvest | 85 |
| Processing of the grain | 88 |
| Other products | 94 |
| Use and management of the forest | 95 |
| Tar burning | 96 |
| Sales and transport of timber | 97 |
| Sawmill | 99 |
| Chapter 5 | |
| Livestock, hunting and fishing | 107 |
| The tax lists' speech | 107 |
| Horse breeding and horse trading | 110 |
| Cows - for pleasure and trouble | 113 |
| Sheep, goats, pigs and chickens | 114 |
| Grazing and herding | 116 |
| The feeding problem | 117 |
| Hunting and fishing | 122 |
| Chapter 6 | |
| House and household | 127 |
| A "tax return" from 1688 | 127 |
| 18th century farmhouses | 130 |
| A well-kept farm - the example of Sæter nordre | 131 |
| Old and new farmhouses | 133 |
| "Jutulstuer" and hallway house | 134 |
| Inside the doorstep - a priest's daughter at Roligheden | 136 |
| High seat boards | 137 |
| The well-equipped houses | 138 |
| The household in the house | 142 |
| Craftsmen | 144 |
| Chapter 7 | |
| Right and wrong | 147 |
| Town meeting and legal order | 147 |
| Appeal options | 148 |
| Places of worship | 149 |
| The storekeepers | 151 |
| Bustle and bustle at the parliament | 151 |
| Magistrates | 155 |
| bailiffs | 156 |
| Dynasties are formed | 158 |
| The bailiff's money matters | 158 |
| Complaints about civil servants | 162 |
| The district administrator | 166 |
| Some case types | 169 |
| Witchcraft | 169 |
| Violence, murder and fights | 173 |
| Child murder | 176 |
| Theft | 178 |
| Abusive language | 179 |
| Conflicts and legal order | 181 |
| Chapter 8 | |
| Military gear | 185 |
| A warrior in living memory | 187 |
| War on home soil | 188 |
| Military service | 194 |
| Games, quarters and sessions | 196 |
| Heavy duty service | 200 |
| Enlistment of soldiers | 201 |
| Violent deployment | 204 |
| A matter of honor? | 206 |
| Benefits to the military | 207 |
| Officers in the local community | 210 |
| The officer culture | 212 |
| The last wars | 216 |
| What were they fighting for? | 218 |
| Chapter 9 | |
| Priests and churches | 221 |
| Priestly goods and priesthood | 221 |
| A registration from 1575 | 222 |
| A registration from 1732 | 224 |
| The priests' income situation | 225 |
| The vicarage | 227 |
| The vicarage description from 1742 | 229 |
| The church houses | 233 |
| The church property | 235 |
| The churches are sold | 236 |
| Kirkenes equipment | 237 |
| Churchwardens | 239 |
| Gifts to the churches | 242 |
| Honor, memory - and thanks? | 245 |
| Churches as a common arena | 245 |
| Cemeteries and gravestones | 246 |
| The first priests | 246 |
| Niels Muus and his regime | 250 |
| A priestly dynasty | 252 |
| 18th century priests | 255 |
| A new priestly dynasty | 261 |
| Helpers and bell ringers | 263 |
| Presteenker | 266 |
| The priest's tasks | 268 |
| Clergy history and local history | 271 |
| Chapter 10 | |
| Schools and bookish knowledge | 275 |
| Stories and books | 275 |
| The church building as a school room? | 276 |
| Writing and reading at home | 278 |
| The first traces of school and training | 281 |
| Almueskolen | 284 |
| Chapter 11 | |
| Poverty management takes shape | 289 |
| Who was poor? | 290 |
| The problem increases in the 18th century | 291 |
| Order and system | 294 |
| The bailiff looks at Trøgstad's poor system | 295 |
| Vicar Bech and the problem of poverty | 298 |
| Farmers and gentry | 301 |
| The poor - a self-recruiting group? | 303 |
| Poverty management in practice | 304 |
| The road ahead | 307 |
| Chapter 12 | |
| Between the binders of the church books | 309 |
| What is a church book? | 309 |
| The course of life - some statistics | 314 |
| Christening | 316 |
| Just a name? | 320 |
| Family name | 328 |
| Introduction of maternity wives | 330 |
| Confirmation | 332 |
| Betrothal and marriage | 335 |
| Funeral services | 345 |
| Confession and communion | 350 |
| Public confession | 353 |
| Chapter 13 | |
| A look back | 363 |
| Sources and literature | 367 |
| Location and name register |
