Imagined Communities on the Baltic Rim, from the Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries (Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies) - Hardcover

 
9789089649836: Imagined Communities on the Baltic Rim, from the Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries (Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9089649832 ISBN 13: 9789089649836
Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Prior to the high Middle Ages, the Baltic Rim was largely terra incognita-but by the late Middle Ages, it was home to diverse small and large communities. But the Baltic Rim was not simply the place those people lived-it was also an imagined space through which they defined themselves and their identities. This book traces the transformation of the Baltic Rim in this period through a focus on the self-image of a number of communities: urban and regional, cultic, missionary, legal, and political. Contributors look at the ways these communities defined themselves in relationship to other groups, how they constructed their identities and customs, and what held them together or tore them apart.

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About the Author

Wojtek Jezierski works as a postdoc in medieval history at the Department of Historical Studies, Gothenburg University. He holds an MA in history from Warsaw University (2003) where he also studied social anthropology.
Lars Hermanson is a professor at the Department of Historical Studies at Gothenburg University.

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Prior to the high Middle Ages, the Baltic Rim was largely terra incognita-but by the late Middle Ages, it was home to diverse small and large communities. But the Baltic Rim was not simply the place those people lived-it was also an imagined space through which they defined themselves and their identities. This book traces the transformation of the Baltic Rim in this period through a focus on the self-image of a number of communities: urban and regional, cultic, missionary, legal, and political. Contributors look at the ways these communities defined themselves in relationship to other groups, how they constructed their identities and customs, and what held them together or tore them apart.

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Prior to the high Middle Ages, the Baltic Rim was largely terra incognita-but by the late Middle Ages, it was home to diverse small and large communities. But the Baltic Rim was not simply the place those people lived-it was also an imagined space through which they defined themselves and their identities. This book traces the transformation of the Baltic Rim in this period through a focus on the self-image of a number of communities: urban and regional, cultic, missionary, legal, and political. Contributors look at the ways these communities defined themselves in relationship to other groups, how they constructed their identities and customs, and what held them together or tore them apart.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9089649832
ISBN 13 
9789089649836
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
394
Editor
Jezierski Wojtek, Hermanson Lars

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