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3 - Scandinavia and the North Sea World

from Part I - Home and Away

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2022

By
Michael H. Gelting
Edited by
Benjamin Pohl
Benjamin Pohl
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
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Summary

This chapter concludes the volume’s first thematic strand (Home and Away) with a study of Scandinavia and the North Sea world in the age of William the Conqueror. Beginning with Denmark and Norway, it moves on to scrutinise the legacy of Cnut’s North Sea empire, before turning to Scandinavia’s Christianisation and the consolidation of its Church. This is followed by a study of towns, trade centres, and the settlement and increasing urbanisation of the North Atlantic. The chapter is rounded off by discussions of Sweden and the two Baltic Islands of Gotland and Bornholm.

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ScandinaviaNorth SeaBalticVikingsprincipalitiespoliticsculture
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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror , pp. 52 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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