Reforming the North : the kingdoms and churches of Scandinavia, 1520-1545

"The turbulence of the Protestant Reformation marks a turning point in European history, but the Scandinavian contribution to this revolution is not well known outside the Northern world. Reforming the North focuses on twenty-five years (1520-1545 A.D.) of this history, during which Scandinavia...

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Auteur principal : Larson James L. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Reforming the North : the kingdoms and churches of Scandinavia, 1520-1545 / James L. Larson
Publié : Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press , 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-534 p.)
Sujets :
  • Lord of the northern world, 1513-1523. Preliminary ; Christian II's other kingdom ; A conquest ; Hubris ; Insurrection ; The king's fall
  • Successors, 1523-1533. The new men ; Brushfires ; Reform by indirection ; reform by decree ; The return of the king
  • Civil war, 1533-1536. A republic of nobles ; Reactions ; The war of all against all ; The fall of Copenhagen
  • The settlement, 1536-1545. A new order ; Under the crown of Denmark eternally ; Dilemmas of a very early modern state ; supremacy and its discontents