TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bagge,Sverre
TI  - Cross and Scepter: The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation 
SN  - 9780691161501
AV  - DL49 .B34 2018
U1  - 948.023 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Monarchy
KW  - Scandinavia
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Black Death
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Church
KW  - Denmark
KW  - Europe
KW  - Kalmar Union
KW  - Norway
KW  - Reformation
KW  - Scandinavian kingdoms
KW  - Scandinavian society
KW  - St. Birgitta of Vadstena
KW  - Sweden
KW  - Viking expeditions
KW  - Vikings
KW  - Western Christendom
KW  - agrarian crisis
KW  - agriculture
KW  - aristocracy
KW  - colonization
KW  - conquest
KW  - cultural change
KW  - cultural development
KW  - dynastic continuity
KW  - dynastic unions
KW  - ecclesiastical organization
KW  - feuds
KW  - foreign policy
KW  - historical writing
KW  - justice
KW  - kings
KW  - leding
KW  - marriage
KW  - monarchy
KW  - power division
KW  - religion
KW  - religious literature
KW  - revenues
KW  - secular literature
KW  - social change
KW  - social stratification
KW  - state formation
KW  - succession
KW  - trade
KW  - warfare
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850105?locatt=mode:legacy
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