TY - BOOK ID - 80818514 TI - Reforming the North : the kingdoms and churches of Scandinavia, 1520-1545 PY - 2010 SN - 9780511674846 9780521765145 9781107689459 9780511675614 0511675615 9780511672361 0511672365 0521765145 1107689457 0511674848 0511739257 110720867X 1282486403 9786612486401 0511674422 0511671083 0511673639 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Reformation KW - Protestant Reformation KW - Church history KW - Counter-Reformation KW - Protestantism KW - History KW - Scandinavia KW - Fennoscandia KW - Norden KW - Nordic countries KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80818514 AB - The turbulence of the Protestant Reformation marks a turning point in European history, but the Scandinavian contribution to this revolution is not well known outside the Northern world. Reforming the North focuses on twenty-five years (1520-45 AD) of this history, during which Scandinavians terminated the medieval Union of Kalmar, toppled the Catholic Church, ended the commercial dominance of the German Hanse, and laid the foundations for centralized states on the ruins of old institutions and organizations. This book traces the chaotic and often violent transfer of resources and authority from the decentralized structures of medieval societies to the early modern states and their territorial churches. Religious reform is regarded as an essential element in the process - in the context of social unrest, political conflict, and long-term changes in finance, trade, and warfare. Reforming the North offers a broad perspective on this turbulent period and on the implications of the Protestant Reformation for Northern history. ER -