Cross and scepter : the rise of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation /
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 Ref...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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