A History of Denmark

ISBN-13: 9781137611802 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 262 str.

Knud Jespersen

Opis

The history of modern Denmark is essentially the story of how a once extensive and diverse empire slowly fragmented under the changing circumstances of the times.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Maps Introduction: What is Denmark and Who are the Danes? Foreign and Security Policy: From the Gatekeeper of the Baltic to a Midget State Domestic Policy, 1500-1848: The Era of Aristocracy and Absolutism Domestic Policy since 1848: Democracy and the Welfare State The Church and Culture from Luther to the Present Economic Conditions: The Old Denmark, 1500-1800 Economic Conditions: The New Denmark since 1800 The Danes: A Tribe or a Nation? Notes Select Bibliography A Short Chronology

O autorze

KNUD J.V. JESPERSEN is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southern Denmark and Royal Historiographer to H.M. the Queen of Denmark.