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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bagge, Sverre, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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