The Baltics. A thousand-year history from the Vikings to modern times
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The Baltics. A thousand-year history from the Vikings to modern times
14.99 €
The unique region around the Baltic Sea unites dozens of completely different and at the same time closely connected countries, stretching from Copenhagen to St. Petersburg. The thousand-year history of these lands has experienced the sea voyages of the Vikings, the rise of the Hanseatic League, uprisings in the Scandinavian countries and the Russo-Polish wars. Sweden, Finland and Denmark, Poland, Russia and Belarus, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - modern states bear traces of these and many other events. Historian Caroline Boggis-Rolf tells about the political intrigues, divisions of territories, revolutions and dynastic crises that determined the fate of the Baltics and made them what we know today.
“Because the individual areas of the Baltic region have interconnected histories, understanding the history of one country can greatly help to understand the others… Despite the deliberate separation in cultural terms, the connection between the regions has always been preserved. On the positive side, there is an exchange of goods, ideas and people, on the negative side, there are numerous local conflicts and rivalries. We will look at this contrast by examining the two sides of the Baltic region: on the one hand, a melting pot of different cultures, and on the other, a limited, close-knit community with the usual tensions and disputes that occur within families and among neighbours" (Caroline Boggis-Rolfe).
“Because the individual areas of the Baltic region have interconnected histories, understanding the history of one country can greatly help to understand the others… Despite the deliberate separation in cultural terms, the connection between the regions has always been preserved. On the positive side, there is an exchange of goods, ideas and people, on the negative side, there are numerous local conflicts and rivalries. We will look at this contrast by examining the two sides of the Baltic region: on the one hand, a melting pot of different cultures, and on the other, a limited, close-knit community with the usual tensions and disputes that occur within families and among neighbours" (Caroline Boggis-Rolfe).
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