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Contact, Continuity, and Collapse
Brepols Publishers 2003; US$ 84.00This collection of ten papers investigates the Norse colonization of the North Atlantic region, starting with Viking expansion in Arctic Norway and ending with a discussion of the longterm implications of medieval Scandinavian exploration of the New World. more...
Norsemen in the Viking Age
Wiley 2008; US$ 33.95This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the world in which they lived. Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to developmental theories. Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversies surrounding these... more...
Kingship and State Formation in Sweden 1130-1290
BRILL 2007; US$ 196.00Presents a treatment of the medieval Swedish kingdom in its formative period, the 12th and 13th centuries. This book gives an overview of Scandinavian research on the subject and an analysis of the aspects of kingship and government. It contains over 40 maps and genealogical tables and places developments in Sweden within their European context. more...
Guests in the House
BRILL 2007; US$ 188.00Based on the study of style transmission in medieval ceramics, the author interprets the shared cultural and political history of Slavs and Scandinavians in the years 900 to 1300 AD. The reproduction of cultural identity is discussed in relation to changes in politics. more...
The Secret War Against Sweden
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 61.95Following the stranding of a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine in 1981 on the Swedish archipelago, a series of massive submarine intrusions took place within Swedish waters. However, the evidence for these appears to have been manipulated or simply invented. Classified documents and interviews point to covert Western, rather than Soviet activity. This... more...
Back to Modern Reason
Liverpool University Press 1999; US$ 70.00A revised and translated edition of Mot det moderna förnuftet, published in 1992. Utilising the diaries from the 1780s of Johan Hjerpe, the study focuses on the specific world of Hjerpe in terms of trade, social conditions and contemporary social life in Stockholm. more...
The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes
Oval Guides 2008; US$ 4.36A guide to understanding the Swedes that takes the chill out of their cool exterior and reveals the warmth of their inner selves. more...






