The discovery of the Baltic : the reception of a Catholic world-system in the European north (AD 1075-1225) / / by Nils Blomkvist.
A study of Europeanization in the Baltic Rim 1075-1225 AD, comparing the indigenous civilisations to the prevailing western one. A new approach to the period's narrative sources brings real people's attitudes and daily toils to life in the midst of a change of epic dimensions.
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| Superior document: | The northern world, v. 15 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Northern world ;
v. 15. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (784 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; List of Illustrations; Chapter One What is Europe to the Baltic? A Survey of the Main Topic and its Sub-problems; Chapter Two The Catholic World-system. A Theoretical Approach to Europeanization; Chapter Three Cultural Encounters on the Baltic. Contemporary Descriptions of the Experience of Europeanization; Chapter Four Network versus Territorial Control. The Political Dimension of Long 12th Century 'Change Qualitative'; Chapter Five The Regional Panorama. A Brief Introduction to Chapters Six-Eight
- Chapter Six The Discovery of Kalmarsund. The Struggle for the Gateway to the Baltic NorthChapter Seven The Discovery of Gotland. The Compromising Society Strategy and the Emergence of International Law in the Baltic; Chapter Eight The Discovery of the Lower Daugava. An Anatomy of a Clash; Chapter Nine The Catholic World-system and the Making of Baltic Rim States. Political and Nationalistic Reactions to the Coming of Europe in Sweden and Livonia; Conclusions and Comments in Retrospect. The Coming of the Catholic World-system and the Baltic Rim Reaction; Abbreviations; Sources and Literature
- Medieval and Early Modern TextsReferences; Index