The Northern Lands: Germanic Europe, c.1270-c.1500 explores the unique regional identity that developed in the lands bordering the Baltic and North Seas during Europe's late medieval period.
- Offers an original thematic overview including government, law, language, family relations, urbanization, and economy
- Maintains a comparative perspective
- Includes English translations from key original sources
- Includes illustrations, maps, and original diagrams to enhance readers understanding
- Features a unique map of the Low Countries that includes the entire region and marks the frontiers between areas of Romance and Germanic language
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Of Dynasty, Diplomacy and Rebellion: Kingdoms, Principalities and Federations in the Northern Lands:
1. Late Medieval England
2. The Low Countries: Crossroads of the Northern Lands
3. Denmark, Scandinavia and the German Baltic Coast
4. Crown, Princes and States in Late Medieval Germany
Part II: The Bonds of Community: Statecraft, Sovereignty, Law and Language:
5. The Administration of Sovereignty
6. Law and Justice
7. Language, Group Identity and Proto-National Consciousness
Part III: The Strategies of Lineage:
8. Comparative Elites
9. The Family and Gender Relations in the Northern Lands
Part IV: Urbanization and Trade: The Northern Lands as an Economic Region:
10. Urbanization in the Northern Lands
11. The Commercial Integration of the Northern Lands