The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, Issue 1 Knut Helle, E. I. Kouri, Jens E. Olesen, Torkel Jansson This volume presents a comprehensive exposition of both the prehistory and medieval history of the whole of Scandinavia. The first part of the volume surveys the prehistoric and historic Scandinavian landscape and its natural resources, and tells how man took possession of this landscape, adapting culturally to changing natural conditions and developing various types of community throughout the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. The rest - and most substantial part of the volume - deals with the history of Scandinavia from the Viking Age to the end of the Scandinavian Middle Ages (c. 1520). The external Viking expansion opened Scandinavia to European influence to a hitherto unknown degree. A Christian church organisation was established, the first towns came into being, and the unification of the three medieval kingdoms of Scandinavia began, coinciding with the formation of the unique Icelandic 'Free State'. |
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Contents
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Languages and ethnic groups | 94 |
The Viking expansion | 105 |
Viking culture | 121 |
Church and society | 421 |
Ideologies and mentalities | 465 |
Literature | 487 |
Art and architecture | 521 |
Music | 550 |
Population and settlement | 559 |
The condition of the rural population | 581 |
The towns | 611 |
Scandinavia enters Christian Europe | 147 |
Early political organisation | 160 |
e Kings and provinces in Sweden | 221 |
Demographic conditions | 237 |
Rural conditions | 250 |
Urbanisation | 312 |
Towards nationally organised systems of government | 345 |
e Growing interScandinavian entanglement | 411 |
The nobility of the late Middle Ages | 635 |
Church and clergy | 653 |
The political system | 679 |
InterScandinavian relations | 710 |
Conclusion | 771 |
primary sources general surveys and secondary works | 801 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, Issue 1 Cambridge histories online Cambridge history ebook collection Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of Scandinavia 3 Volume Hardback Set The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, Knut Helle Volume 1 of “The” Cambridge History of Scandinavia: Prehistory to 1520 / Edited by Knut Helle University of Bergen, Torkel Jansson |
| Editors | Knut Helle, E. I. Kouri, Jens E. Olesen, Torkel Jansson |
| Contributors | Cambridge University Press, E. L. Petersen |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0521472997, 9780521472999 |
| Length | 892 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General History / Europe / General History / Europe / Medieval History / Europe / Nordic Countries |
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