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Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, 900-1550 : between two oceans /

"Scandinavia went through momentous changes throughout the Middle Ages, emerging out of the Viking and Norse age towards 'Christianization'. Alongside this came social, economic and cultural changes which completely transformed the region into the kingdoms which existed in the Early M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Salonen, Kirsi (Author), Jensen, Kurt Villads (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Subjects:
Scandinavia > History > To 1397.
Scandinavia > Economic conditions > To 1500.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Church history > To 1500.
Middle Ages.
Christianity.
Church history > Middle Ages.
Economic history.
Scandinavia.
To 1500
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. 900-1200: formation. Coming of the kingdoms
  • Coming of Christ
  • Tilling the land: the local economy
  • Cultural tradition and transition
  • Part II. 1200-1400: consolidation and restructuring. Dominion over the seas
  • Consolidation of the church
  • Economic growth and fall: urbanisation and agrarian crisis
  • Cultural universalism
  • Part III. 1400-c. 1550: power in crises. Rise and fall of the Kalmar Union
  • Fall of the church
  • Economic expansion: the international market economy
  • A revolution in communication
  • The medieval legacy.