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Scandinavia in the Early Modern World book cover

1st Edition

Scandinavia in the Early Modern World

Edited By Terese Zachrisson, Ale Pålsson Copyright 2027
280 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Introducing English-language students to early modern Scandinavia, this book provides a history of Scandinavia in the broader sense, including Denmark, Norway and Sweden, but also Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands as well as a grounding in political, social and economic trends across class, race and gender structures. This book transcends the national divides and includes the history of... Read more

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

 

1. Scandinavia Enters the Early Modern Era

Terese Zachrisson and Ale Pålsson

2. Economy, Population, and Labour

Carolina Uppenberg

3. Political Systems

Bård Frydenlund

4. Religion and Belief

Terese Zachrisson

5. Family Life and Everyday Society

Mari Välimäki

6. Sápmi

Matti Enbuske

7. The Military

Peter Ericsson

8. Trade

Anna Knutsson and Adam Grimshaw

9. Empire

Ale Pålsson

10. Science, Learning and Higher Education

Mikkel Munthe Jensen

11. The Emergence of Modern Scandinavia

Terese Zachrisson and Ale Pålsson 

 

Index

Biography

Terese Zachrisson, PhD, is a historian and research fellow at the University of Gothenburg, specialising in late medieval and early modern Scandinavian history. She has published widely on the religious and cultural history of Scandinavia, especially on religion, belief, and the interaction between local communities and central authorities.

Ale Pålsson is an associate professor/reader in history at Uppsala University, specialising in Swedish colonial and Caribbean history, focusing on intersectional perspectives of early modern political, social and cultural history. He has additionally published on contemporary understandings of colonial history in popular culture and archival digitisation.

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