Home > The Cambridge History of Scandinavia The Cambridge History of Scandinavia Volume 1, Prehistory to 1520 Edited by Knut Helle Published September 2003 892 pages 7 line diagrams 63 half-tones 7 tables 15 maps 4 plans For price and ordering options, inspection copy requests, and reading lists please select: UK North America This volume presents a comprehensive exposition of both the prehistory and medieval history of the whole of Scandinavia. The first part of the volume surveys the prehistoric and historic Scandinavian landscape and its natural resources, and tells how man took possession of this landscape, adapting culturally to changing natural conditions and developing various types of community throughout the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. The rest - and most substantial part of the volume - deals with the history of Scandinavia from the Viking Age to the end of the Scandinavian Middle Ages (c. 1520). The external Viking expansion opened Scandinavia to European influence to a hitherto unknown degree. A Christian church organisation was established, the first towns came into being, and the unification of the three medieval kingdoms of Scandinavia began, coinciding with the formation of the unique Icelandic ÂFree StateÂ. Contributors Knut Helle, Ulf Sporrong, Ari Siiriäinen, Bjørn Myhre, Michael Barnes, Peter Sawyer, Else Roesdahl, Preben Meulengracht-Sørensen, Birgit Sawyer, Thomas Lindkvist, Inge Skovgaard-Petersen, Claus Krag, Magnús Stefánsson, Ole Jørgen Benedictow, Eljas Orrman, Hans Andersson, Herman Schück, Sverre Bagge, Lars Lönnroth, Vésteinn Ãlason, Anders Piltz, Anna Nilsén, Ingrid De Geer, Jouko Vahtola, Göran Dahlbäck, Erik Ulsig, Lars HamreÂ, Jens E. Olesen | |
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