Prior to the high Middle Ages, the Baltic Rim was largely terra incognita-but by the late Middle Ages, it was home to diverse small and large communities. But the Baltic Rim was not simply the place those people lived-it was also an imagined space through which they defined themselves and their identities. This book traces the transformation of the Baltic Rim in this period through a focus on the self-image of a number of communities: urban and regional, cultic, missionary, legal, and political. Contributors look at the ways these communities defined themselves in relationship to other groups, how they constructed their identities and customs, and what held them together or tore them apart.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Wojtek Jezierski
EAN: 9789089649836
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Amsterdam University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-08-23
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GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States
WIDTH: 156 cm
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Book Themes:
Europe, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Ancient history, European history, Social and cultural history
"Communities in the medieval north: imagined, mapped, constructed, perceived. Fresh looks on old sources, a methodological milestone. But also a book with amazing stories and inciting examples - in short, a good read." Kurt Villads Jensen, Centre for Medieval Studies, Stockholm University
Wojtek Jezierski works as a postdoc in medieval history at the Department of Historical Studies, Gothenburg University. He holds an MA in history from Warsaw University (2003) where he also studied social anthropology. Lars Hermanson is a professor at the Department of Historical Studies at Gothenburg University.
