The discovery of the Baltic : the reception of a Catholic world-system in the European north (AD 1075-1225)
A study of Europeanization in the Baltic Rim 1075-1225 AD, comparing the indigenous civilisations to the prevailing western one. A new approach to the period’s narrative sources brings real people’s attitudes and daily toils to life in the midst of a change of epic dimensions.
Northern world, v. 15
Church history
viii, 774 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9789004141223, 9004141227
55939551
Ch. 1 What is Europe to the Baltic? : a survey of the main topic and its sub-problems 3 Ch. 2 The Catholic world-system : a theoretical approach to Europeanization 35 Ch. 3 Cultural encounters on the Baltic : contemporary descriptions of the experience of Europeanization 97 Ch. 4 Network versus territorial control : the political dimension of long 12th century 'change qualitative' 203 Ch. 5 The regional panorama : a brief introduction to chapters six-eight 279 Ch. 6 The discovery of Kalmarsund : the struggle for the gateway to the Baltic North 301 Ch. 7 The discovery of Gotland : the compromising society strategy and the emergence of international law in the Baltic 377 Ch. 8 The discovery of the lower Daugava : an anatomy of a clash 505 Ch. 9 The Catholic world-system and the making of Baltic Rim states : political and nationalistic reactions to the coming of Europe in Sweden and Livonia 567 Conclusions and comments in retrospect : the coming of the Catholic world-system and the Baltic Rim reaction 679