Denmark, 1513-1660: The Rise and Decline of a Renaissance Monarchy

by Paul Lockhart

One of the largest states in Europe and the greatest of the Protestant powers, Denmark in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was at the height of its influence. Embracing Norway, Iceland, portions of southern Sweden and northern Germany, the Danish monarchy dominated the vital Baltic trade. However, its geopolitical importance far exceeded its modest resources. Paul Douglas Lockhart examines the short and perhaps unlikely career of Denmark as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199271216
• ISBN13: 9780199271214
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"