A History Of The Kingdom Of Denmark
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Author | : Knud J. V. Jespersen |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2018-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350307114 |
In this introductory guide, Knud Jespersen traces the process of disintegration and reduction that helped to form the modern Danish state, and the historical roots of Denmark's international position. Beginning with the Reformation in the sixteenth century, Jespersen explains how the Denmark of today was shaped by wars, territorial losses, domestic upheavals, new methods of production, and changes in thought. Focusing on the interplay between history, politics and economics, this illuminating text offers an insider's view of Danish identity formation over the last centuries. This engaging textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses on Danish, Scandinavian or Nordic History. Concise and accessible, it will also appeal to anyone interested in gaining a clear understanding of the development of Denmark.
Author | : Palle Lauring |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Denmark |
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2019-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004407677 |
Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.
Author | : Knut Helle |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 942 |
Release | : 2003-09-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521472999 |
This volume presents a comprehensive exposition of both the prehistory and medieval history of the whole of Scandinavia. The first part of the volume surveys the prehistoric and historic Scandinavian landscape and its natural resources, and tells how man took possession of this landscape, adapting culturally to changing natural conditions and developing various types of community throughout the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. 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. 1520). The external Viking expansion opened Scandinavia to European influence to a hitherto unknown degree. 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'.
Author | : Mary Hilson |
Publisher | : Aarhus Universitetsforlag |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2023-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 8775973456 |
Beginning with the emergence of a Danish kingdom during the Viking Age, this book provides an introduction to the history of Denmark as a political entity, from the eighth century to the present day. It shows how what we know as ‘Denmark’ has evolved – from Cnut the Great’s North Sea empire in the eleventh century, through disintegration and civil war in the Middle Ages, the Kalmar Union of 1397–1523 and the establishment of the absolutist state and its overseas colonies in the seventeenth century, to the emergence of the modern nation state during the nineteenth century. The book also deals with significant developments in the economic, social and cultural history of Denmark, and sheds light on complex problems such as the country’s relationship with its Nordic neighbours, the origins of the current border with Germany and the historical development of the Danish welfare state.
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Publisher | : Frontline Books |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2021-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399015052 |
From a small number of clandestine activities against the German occupation of Denmark in 1940, a sophisticated resistance movement developed which by 1944, with the support of Special Operations Executive, had become a highly effective intelligence gathering and sabotage organisation. Denmark is composed of a mainland and more than 500 islands, a fifth of which are inhabited, and the countryside is devoid of any inaccessible or mountainous region. Together this made communication between resistance cells difficult and meant that there were no natural bases from which guerrilla operations could be mounted. Nevertheless, thanks to supply drops of explosives, weapons and ammunition arranged by SOE, the Danes harassed the Germans and raised the moral of the Danish people in the latter, and most brutal, stages of the war. This largely forgotten story of SOE and its agents in Denmark, the latter facing extremely hazardous conditions, was written immediately after the war by a SOE staff member and read and validated by the Director of SOE, Major General Colin Gubbins. A very large number of documents were burned at SOE’s London headquarters in Baker Street when the organisation was wound down in 1946 making this history of the Danish Section an invaluable and irreplaceable study. SOE in Denmark was written at a time when SOE was still largely unknown to the general public and its operations a closely guarded secret. It was expected that its activities would never be officially acknowledged and the study of its actions in Denmark was compiled with the aim of provide a lasting record of its achievement. Within its pages we read of the dangers the agents faced, the logistical mountains they had to overcome, and the successes achieved in the face of a ruthless enemy. Completed with unique photographs from the Danish archives, SOE in Denmark is an essential addition to the SOE literature.
Author | : Coryne Hall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014-04-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780985460341 |
Author | : Jens Gunni Busck |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 59 |
Release | : 2018-05-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9788793229129 |
"Published in cooperation with the Royal Danish Collection."
Author | : Richard North |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781501519819 |
Bringing together scholars from the fields of history, literature, archaeology, and manuscript studies, this interdisciplinary handbook provides comprehensive analysis of the Danish conquest of England in 1016 and the subsequent reign of King Cnut t
Author | : Hans Chr Johansen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Limited research has been done on the history of the Danish population. Recently, a considerable amount of data has been compiled in order to write a comprehensive English-language history of the Danish population from around 1600 to around 1940. The research has applied the powerful methods now available to historical demographers providing new insights in demographic development and the interplay with economic, social and institutional changes in Danish society.