EAN: 9783030914400

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DANISH EMPIRE - MICHAE...

This book examines the Danish Empire  which for over four hundred years stretched from Northern
Norway to Hamburg and was feared by small German principalities to the South. Evolving over
time  it has included most of Scandinavia and the North Atlantic  has shifted from a Western
orientation under the Vikings to an Eastern one in the Middle Ages  and from a North Sea Empire
to a Baltic Empire. From the seventeenth to the early twentieth century  it comprised small
overseas colonies in India  Africa and the Caribbean. Exploring the rise and fall of Denmark's
Kingdom  from 9 AD to the present  this textbook considers how such vast empires were kept
together through ideology and symbols  military force  transport systems and networks of civil
servants. The authors demonstrate how the lands under Danish rule included a variety of
religious groups  social and economic structures  law systems  and ethnic and linguistic
groups. They also consider the economic and ideological benefit of an empire structure in
comparison to a nation state. Providing a detailed overview of the long history of the Danish
Empire  whilst also confronting current debate and providing novel interpretations  this book
offers an original  imperial and multi-territorial perspective on the history of the Danish
state  providing essential reading for students of Danish or Scandinavian history and European
or Global empires.

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