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| Author | : Gro Steinsland |
| File Size | : 47,9 Mb |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 21 April 2011 |
| ISBN | : 9789004205062 |
| Pages | : 421 pages |
This book analyses the Nordic pre-Christian ideology of rulership, and its confrontation with, survival into and adaptation to the European Christian ideals during the transition from the Viking to the Middle Ages from the ninth to the thirteenth century.
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