Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation, circa 800-1500 (Volume 17) (The Nordic Series)

by Peter H. Sawyer and Birgit Sawyer

Book Overview

The study of Scandinavia has been, and still is, deeply influenced by the interpretation of its earliest history that was developed in the 19th century by political, legal, and literary historians,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816617392
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent short volume

Admittedly, I speak as a specialist, but I think this is a very fine book, and accessible to all audiences. Most welcomely, the authors are more wary than some of using the Icelandic sagas as straightforward historical or anthropological sources for the study of medieval Scandinavian society, and hence resist taking romanticized and potentially ideological depictions, e.g., of medieval women, as fact. In addition, the book is jargon-free and well written by academic standards.