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The discovery of the Baltic : the reception of a Catholic world-system in the European north (AD 1075-1225) /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blomkvist, Nils
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Colección:Northern world ; v. 15.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Discovery Approach. An Introduction to the Problem and its Theoretical Framework
  • What is Europe to the Baltic? A Survey of the Main Topic and its Sub-problems
  • The Catholic World-system. A Theoretical Approach to Europeanization
  • Facing the Other. A Heuristic Approach to Discoveries
  • Cultural Encounters on the Baltic. Contemporary Descriptions of the Experience of Europeanization
  • Network versus Territorial Control. The Political Dimension of Long 12th Century 'Change Qualitative'
  • The Reception of Europe. Three Regional Case Studies
  • The Regional Panorama. A Brief Introduction to Chapters Six-Eight
  • The Discovery of Kalmarsund. The Struggle for the Gateway to the Baltic North
  • The Discovery of Gotland. The Compromising Society Strategy and the Emergence of International Law in the Baltic
  • The Discovery of the Lower Daugava. An Anatomy of a Clash
  • Towards A Conclusion. The Quest for Strategies of Survival
  • 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
  • Medieval and Early Modern Texts.