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Cross & scepter : the rise of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation / Sverre Bagge.
LIBRA DL49 .B34 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bagge, Sverre, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change.
- Aristocracy (Political science).
- History.
- Monarchy.
- Church history.
- Kings and rulers.
- Scandinavia--History.
- Scandinavia.
- Middle Ages.
- Scandinavia--Kings and rulers--History.
- Scandinavia--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Church history--To 1500.
- Monarchy--Scandinavia--History--To 1500.
- Aristocracy (Political science)--Scandinavia--History--To 1500.
- Scandinavia--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Social change--Europe--Case studies.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 325 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Cross and scepter
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "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 Reformation, written by Scandinavia's leading medieval historian. Sverre Bagge shows how the rise of the three kingdoms not only changed the face of Scandinavia, but also helped make the territorial state the standard political unit in Western Europe. He describes Scandinavia's momentous conversion to Christianity and the creation of church and monarchy there, and traces how these events transformed Scandinavian law and justice, military and administrative organization, social structure, political culture, and the division of power among the king, aristocracy, and common people. Bagge sheds important new light on the reception of Christianity and European learning in Scandinavia, and on Scandinavian history writing, philosophy, political thought, and courtly culture. He looks at the reception of European impulses and their adaptation to Scandinavian conditions, and examines the relationship of the three kingdoms to each other and the rest of Europe, paying special attention to the inter-Scandinavian unions and their consequences for the concept of government and the division of power. Cross and Scepter provides an essential introduction to Scandinavian medieval history for scholars and general readers alike, offering vital new insights into state formation and cultural change in Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Origins of the Scandinavian Kingdoms
- The Consolidation of the Scandinavian Kingdoms, c. 1050-1350
- State Formation, Social Change, and the Division of Power
- Royal, Aristocratic, and Ecclesiastical Culture
- The Later Middle Ages : Agrarian Crisis, Constitutional Conflicts, and Scandinavian Unions
- Scandinavian State Formation, 900-1537 : Break and Continuity
- The Historiography of the Scandinavian Countries
- The Sources for Scandinavian History.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691161501
- 069116150X
- OCLC:
- 861542611
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