Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-391) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Of dynasty, diplomacy and rebellion : kingdoms, principalities and federations in the Northern lands. Late Medieval England ; The Low countries : crossroads of the Northern lands ; Denmark, Scandinavia and the German Baltic coast ; Crown, princes and states in late Medieval Germany -- Part II. The bonds of community : statecraft, sovereignty, law and language. The administration of sovereignty ; Law and justice ; Language, group identity and proto-national consciousness -- Part III. The strategies of lineage. Comparative elites ; The family and gender relations in the Northern lands -- Part IV. Urbanization and trade : the Northern lands as an economic region. Urbanization in the Northern lands ; The commercial integration of the Northern lands -- Of integration, disintegration and reorientation.
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