| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 844 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
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Cambridge histories online
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| Contents |
Introduction / Knut Helle -- The Geography and Prehistory of Scandinavia -- The Scandinavian Landscape and its Resources / Ulf Sporrong -- The Stone and Bronze Ages / Ari Siiriäinen -- The Iron Age / Bjørn Myhre -- Languages and ethnic groups / Michael Barnes -- From Vikings to Kings -- The Viking expansion / Peter Sawyer -- Viking culture / Else Roesdahl and Preben Meulengracht Sørensen -- Scandinavia enters Christian Europe / Birgit Sawyer and Peter Sawyer -- Early political organisation: Introductory survey / Thomas Lindkvist -- The making of the Danish kingdom / Inge Skovgaard-Petersen -- The early unification of Norway / Claus Krag -- The Norse island communities of the Western Ocean / Magnús Stefánsson -- Kings and provinces in Sweden / Thomas Lindkvist -- Material Growth (to c. 1350) -- Demographic conditions / Ole Jørgen Benedictow -- Rural conditions / Eljas Orrman -- Urbanisation / Hans Andersson -- The High Medieval Kingdoms -- Towards nationally organised systems of government: Introductory survey / Knut Helle -- The Danish kingdom: consolidation and disintegration / Inge Skovgaard-Petersen -- The Norwegian kingdom: succession disputes and consolidation / Knut Helle -- Sweden under the dynasty of the Folkungs / Herman Schück -- Growing inter-Scandinavian entanglement / Knut Helle -- Church and society / Eljas Orrman -- High and Late Medieval Culture -- Ideologies and mentalities / Sverre Bagge -- Literature / Lars Lönnroth, Vésteinn Ólason and Anders Piltz -- Art and architecture / Anna Nilsén -- Music / Ingrid de Geer -- Late Medieval Society (c. 1350-1520) -- Population and settlement / Jouko Vahtola -- The condition of the rural population / Eljas Orrman -- The towns / Göran Dahlbäck -- The nobility of the late Middle Ages / Erik Ulsig -- Church and clergy / Lars Hamre -- Scandinavian Unions (1319-1520) -- The political system / Herman Schück -- Inter-Scandinavian relations / Jens E. Olesen -- Conclusion / Knut Helle |
| Summary |
A comprehensive and comparative study of the prehistory and medieval history of Scandinavia, this volume deals mainly with the history of the region from the Viking Age to the end of the Scandinavian Middle Ages |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| SUBJECT |
Scandinavia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117944
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| Subject |
Scandinavia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Helle, Knut, 1930-2015
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| ISBN |
9781139053570 |
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1139053574 |
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9780511468315 |
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0511468318 |
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9781139053570 |
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