| Imagined Communities on the Baltic Rim, from the Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries Contributor(s): Jezierski, Wojtek (Editor), Hermanson, Lars (Editor), Foerster, Thomas (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 9089649832 ISBN-13: 9789089649836 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $192.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Baltic States - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Series: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.65 lbs) 394 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Baltic - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Prior to the high Middle Ages, the Baltic Rim was largely terra incognita-but by the late Middle Ages, it was home to diverse small and large communities. But the Baltic Rim was not simply the place those people lived-it was also an imagined space through which they defined themselves and their identities. This book traces the transformation of the Baltic Rim in this period through a focus on the self-image of a number of communities: urban and regional, cultic, missionary, legal, and political. Contributors look at the ways these communities defined themselves in relationship to other groups, how they constructed their identities and customs, and what held them together or tore them apart. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hermanson, Lars: - Lars Hermanson is professor at Gothenburg University. Jezierski, Wojtek: - Wojtek Jezierski is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Historical Studies at Gothenburg University. |