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008			131203s2014 njua b 001 0 eng
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019			_a861677210 _a880891992
020			_a069116150X (hardcover : acidfree paper)
020			_a9780691161501 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)861542611 _z(OCoLC)861677210 _z(OCoLC)880891992
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092			_a948.023 _bB144
100	1		_aBagge, Sverre, _d1942- _9256575
245	1	0	_aCross and scepter : _bthe rise of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation / _cSverre Bagge.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2014.
300			_avi, 325 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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 -- Conclusion: Scandinavian State Formation, 900-1537 : Break and Continuity -- The Historiography of the Scandinavian Countries -- The Sources for Scandinavian History.
520	2		_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAristocracy (Political science) _zScandinavia _xHistory _yTo 1500. _9256576
650		0	_aChurch history _yTo 1500. _9256577
650		0	_aMiddle Ages. _921756
650		0	_aMonarchy _zScandinavia _xHistory _yTo 1500. _9256578
650		0	_aSocial change _zEurope _vCase studies. _9256579
651		0	_aScandinavia _xHistory. _922186
651		0	_aScandinavia _xKings and rulers _xHistory. _9256580
651		0	_aScandinavia _xPolitics and government. _9256581
651		0	_aScandinavia _xSocial conditions. _9256582
942			_cBOOK _09
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