Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation, Circa 800-1500

Birgit and Peter Sawyer, Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation, Circa 800-1500,  The Nordic Series, Volume 17 © 1993 University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Soft cover, 265 Pages, 0-8166-1739-2, 948--dc20.  Dimensions (in inches): 0.66 x 8.99 x 6.06.

In this volume, the authors question assumptions about early Scandinavian history, including the supposed leading role of free and equal peasants and their position in founding churches. They meticulously trace the development of Scandinavia from the early ninth century through the second and third decades of the sixteenth century, when rulers of Scandinavia rejected the authority of the Papacy and the attempt to establish a united Scandinavian monarchy finally collapsed.

Synopsis

This is a "survey of the history of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in the medieval period (with some discussion of Finland and Iceland as well). The book is organized thematically. . . . The first three chapters on sources, geography and demography, and political history {aim to provide} . . . background for the rest of the work. . . . {Chapters on} social and cultural history {discuss} family and inheritance, women, and historiography. . . . {Other chapters treat} governance (both of church and state) and economy (agrarian and commercial)." (Am Hist Rev) Bibliography. Index.

Table of Contents

• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Sources
• Chapter 2: Lands and Peoples
• Chapter 3: Political History: An Outline
• Chapter 4: Things and Kings
• Chapter 5: Christianization and Church Organization
• Chapter 6: Landowners and Tenants
• Chapter 7: Trade and Towns
• Chapter 8: Family and Inheritance
• Chapter 9: Women: Ideal and Reality
• Chapter 10: Uses of the Past
• Notes
• A Note on General Reading
• Works Cited
• Index

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• BOOK: Medieval Scandinavia : from conversion to Reformation, circa 800-1500
• Personal name: Sawyer, Birgit.
• Main title: Medieval Scandinavia : from conversion to Reformation, circa 800-1500 / Birgit and Peter Sawyer.
• Published/Created: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1993.
• Description: xvi, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
• ISBN: 0816617384 (acid-free paper) 0816617392 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• LC classification: DL61 .S29 1993
• Related names: Sawyer, P. H.
• LC Subjects: Scandinavia--History.
• Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-253) and index.
• Series: The Nordic series ; v. 17
• LCCN: 93003511
• Dewey class no.: 948
• Geographic area code: ev-----
• Type of material: Book