Cover art for Cross and Scepter
Published
Princeton University Press, January 2016
ISBN
9780691169088
Format
Softcover, 336 pages
Dimensions
21.6cm × 14cm

Cross and Scepter The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation by

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Christianity and European-style monarchy--the cross and the scepter--were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. Cross and Scepter is a concise history of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the age of the Vikings to the Reformation, written by Scandinavia's leading medieva

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