Queen Margrete I, (1353-1412), and the founding of the Nordic Union /
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| Author / Creator: | Etting, Vivian, 1957- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2004. |
| Description: | xviii, 204 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 9 Northern world ; v. 9. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5171526 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Denmark during the reign of Valdemar IV Atterdag
- Chapter 2. The struggle for the crown of Denmark
- Chapter 3. Society, class and government
- Chapter 4. Pirates and commercial war against the Hanseatic League
- Chapter 5. The great herring market in Scania
- Chapter 6. The counts of Holstein and southern Jutland
- Chapter 7. The fight for the crown of Sweden
- Chapter 8. Catastrophe and reconstruction
- Chapter 9. "Victory in the hands of a woman"
- Chapter 10. The consolidation of power
- Chapter 11. Queen Margrete as legislator
- Chapter 12. The Nordic Union 1397
- Chapter 13. The struggle for Gotland and the final surrender of Stockholm
- Chapter 14. State and Church
- Chapter 15. Queen Margrete's religious gifts and donations
- Chapter 16. Chancellor and bishop--the career of Peder Jensen Lodehat
- Chapter 17. The struggle for Gotland and the mystery of the false King Oluf
- Chapter 17. A royal wedding
- Chapter 19. The queen's letter of 1405
- Chapter 20. The Slesvig-Holstein problem
- Chapter 21. The death of Queen Margrete
- Chapter 22. A royal game of chess
- Chapter 23. Art, education and literature
- Chapter 24. Everyday life in the country and the towns
- Chapter 25. Assessments of Queen Margrete through the centuries
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
