Cross and Scepter : : The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation / / Sverre Bagge.
Christianity and European-style monarchy-the cross and the scepter-were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. Cross and Scepter is a concise history of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the age of the Vikings to the Refor...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 20 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter one. The Origins of the Scandinavian Kingdoms
- Chapter two. The Consolidation of the Scandinavian Kingdoms, c. 1050-1350
- Chapter three. State Formation, Social Change, and the Division of Power
- Chapter four. Royal, Aristocratic, and Ecclesiastical Culture
- Chapter five. The Later Middle Ages: Agrarian Crisis, Constitutional Conflicts, and Scandinavian Unions
- Conclusion
- LITERATURE
- References and Guide to Further Reading
- Index