Pa rt ii F R O M V I K I N G S TO K I N G S 5 The Viking expansion pet e r s aw y e rĦ Viking culture e ls e ro e s da h l and p r e b e n m e u l e n g r ac h t s ø r e n s e nħ Scandinavia enters Christian Europe b i rg i t s aw y e r and pet e r s aw y e r V Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Pa rt i T H E G E O G R A P H Y A N D P R E H I S TO RY O F S C A N D I NAV I A 1 The Scandinavian landscape and its resources u l f s p o r ron gĢ The Stone and Bronze Ages a r i s i i r i a¨ i n e nĤ Languages and ethnic groups m i c h a e l ba r n e s List of plates ix List of figures xiii List of maps xiv List of tables xv List of contributors xvi General editors’ preface xvii Volume editor’s preface xix First published 2003 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeface Dante 10.5/13 pt.Ī catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library isbn 9 7 hardback Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. P u b l i s h e d b y t h e p r e s s s y n d i c at e o f t h e u n i v e r s i ty o f c a m b r i d g e The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge cb2 1rp, United Kingdom c a m b r i d g e u n i v e r s i ty p r e s s The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, cb2 2ru, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, ny 10011–4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarc´on 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa C Cambridge University Press 2003 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 ‘Free State’.Ĭambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 The external Viking expansion opened Scandinavia to European influence to a hitherto unknown degree. 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. The first part of the volume surveys the prehistoric and historic Scandinavian landscape and its natural resources, and tells how man took this landscape into possession, adapting culturally to changing natural conditions and developing various types of community throughout the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. Prehistory to 1520 This volume presents a comprehensive exposition of both the prehistory and medieval history of the whole of Scandinavia.
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