The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, Volume 1 : Prehistory to 1520

Knut Helle
Cambridge University Press
9780521472999
0-521-47299-7

The various countries and communities that constitute present-day Scandinavia consider themselves as integral parts of that larger region. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Greenland share.

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a common geographic, historic and socio-cultural distinctness that differs from the rest of Europe. This "distinctness" provides the rationale for compiling a comprehensive and comparative history of Scandinavia. The first volume in the series will be followed by two others.