Polity Consolidation and Military Transformation in Medieval Scandinavia - Elortza Larrea, Beñat
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In this book, Beñat Elortza Larrea analyses the processes of polity consolidation and military transformation in Scandinavia between the early eleventh and early fourteenth centuries. Based on a plethora of administrative, legal, and narrative sources, this study examines the development of governance and warfare in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and evaluates to which degree European ideas and institutions shaped the budding medieval Scandinavian realms. In other words - did the formation of these kingdoms stem mostly from European influence, were they a by-product of a purely Scandinavian…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
In this book, Beñat Elortza Larrea analyses the processes of polity consolidation and military transformation in Scandinavia between the early eleventh and early fourteenth centuries. Based on a plethora of administrative, legal, and narrative sources, this study examines the development of governance and warfare in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and evaluates to which degree European ideas and institutions shaped the budding medieval Scandinavian realms. In other words - did the formation of these kingdoms stem mostly from European influence, were they a by-product of a purely Scandinavian ethos, or did they largely develop due to historical and geographical circumstances unique to each realm
Autorenporträt
Beñat Elortza Larrea, Ph.D. (2018), University of Aberdeen, is Associate Professor at Nord University in Bodø, Norway. His research interests include the Scandinavian 'state formation' processes, martial culture in the Middle Ages, and medieval aristocratic networks.