The periods of the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages are interesting and eventful even at the local level. The development in "Sweden" went from local chiefdoms to central kingship and at the same time from paganism to Christianity. How was Viby developed? Who directed the development? How was Viby and surrounding areas organized? Some concepts that will be touched on are: offerplats, tingsplats, kyrkplats, storgård, husby, bogård, skeppslag, härad och socken. (sacrifice place, court place, church place, large farm, the kings village, administrative farm, war organization, district and parish).