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The Northern World
North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD. Peoples, Economies and Cultures
This peer-reviewed* book series provides an opportunity for the publication of high-quality scholarly studies concerning the culture, economy and society of northern lands from the early medieval to the early modern period. The aims and scope are broad and scholarly contributions on a wide range of disciplines are included: all historical subjects, every branch of archaeology, saga studies, language topics including place-names, art history and architecture, sculpture and numismatics.
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The series published an average of four volumes per year over the last 5 years.
*For Brill's peer review process see here.
For Brill's Open Access options click here
The series published an average of four volumes per year over the last 5 years.
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In Austrvegr: The Role of the Eastern Baltic in Viking Age Communication across the Baltic SeaPublication Date: 26 Apr 2018978-90-04-36381-6
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The Nature of Kingship c. 800-1300The Danish IncidentPublication Date: 20 Nov 2017978-90-04-35835-5
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Iceland’s Relationship with Norway c.870 – c.1100Memory, History and IdentityPublication Date: 03 Jul 2017978-90-04-33651-3
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Frontiers for Peace in the Medieval NorthThe Norwegian-Scottish Frontier c. 1260-1470Publication Date: 18 Apr 2017978-90-04-34365-8
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Sturla ÞórðarsonSkald, Chieftain and LawmanEditor(s): Jón Viđar Sigurđsson and Sverrir JakobssonPublication Date: 06 Mar 2017978-90-04-34236-1
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Conquest and the Law in Swedish Livonia (ca. 1630–1710)A Case of Legal Pluralism in Early Modern EuropePublication Date: 05 Jan 2017978-90-04-33153-2
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Tales of the Iron BloomeryIronmaking in Southeastern Norway - Foundation of Statehood c. AD 700-1300Publication Date: 01 Nov 2016978-90-04-33157-0
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Identity Formation and Diversity in the Early Medieval Baltic and BeyondCommunicators and CommunicationPublication Date: 05 Jan 2017978-90-04-32847-1
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Vox regis: Royal Communication in High Medieval NorwayPublication Date: 05 Oct 2015978-90-04-30643-1
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Visual Cultures of Death in Central EuropeContemplation and Commemoration in Early Modern Poland-LithuaniaPublication Date: 17 Sep 2015978-90-04-30525-0
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The Church in Fourteenth-Century IcelandThe Formation of an Elite Clerical IdentityPublication Date: 23 Jun 2016978-90-04-30156-6
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Plantation and Civility in the North Atlantic WorldThe Case of the Northern Hebrides, 1570-1639Publication Date: 17 Sep 2015978-90-04-30170-2
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Kind Neighbours: Scottish Saints and Society in the Later Middle AgesPublication Date: 31 Aug 2015978-90-04-29868-2
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Iceland's Networked SocietyRevealing How the Global Affairs of the Viking Age Created New Forms of Social ComplexityPublication Date: 26 May 2015978-90-04-29334-2
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A Punishment for Each CriminalGender and Crime in Swedish Medieval LawPublication Date: 10 Apr 2014978-90-04-27162-3
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Governing GaeldomPublication Date: 03 Apr 2014978-90-04-26925-5
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Royal Police Ordinances in Early Modern SwedenThe Emergence of Voluntaristic Understanding of LawPublication Date: 02 Oct 2013978-90-04-25895-2
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Hunters in TransitionAn Outline of Early Sámi HistoryPublication Date: 31 Oct 2013978-90-04-25255-4
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Across the German SeaEarly Modern Scottish Connections with the Wider Elbe-Weser RegionPublication Date: 15 Apr 2013978-90-04-24958-5
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Clerics and ClansmenThe Diocese of Argyll between the Twelfth and Sixteenth CenturiesPublication Date: 27 Mar 2013978-90-04-24541-9
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Protestant Cosmopolitanism and Diplomatic CultureBrandenburg-Swedish Relations in the Seventeenth CenturyPublication Date: 31 Oct 2012978-90-04-24080-3
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Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern WorldStudies in Honour of James Graham-CampbellEditor(s): Andrew Reynolds and Leslie E. WebsterPublication Date: 18 Jan 2013978-90-04-23503-8
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Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th to 18th CenturiesThe Formation and Disappearance of an Ethnic GroupPublication Date: 02 Mar 2012978-90-04-21065-3
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The Forgotten CrusadersPoland and the Crusader Movement in the Twelfth and Thirteenth CenturiesPublication Date: 02 Mar 2012978-90-04-22336-3
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Emanuel Swedenborg, Secret Agent on Earth and in HeavenJacobites, Jews and Freemasons in Early Modern SwedenPublication Date: 28 Oct 2011978-90-04-21419-4
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Kings' Sagas and Norwegian HistoryProblems and PerspectivesPublication Date: 20 Sep 2011978-90-04-21047-9
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The Incorporation and Integration of the King's Tributary Lands into the Norwegian Realm c. 1195-1397Publication Date: 23 May 2011978-90-04-20614-4
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Ideology and Power in the Viking and Middle AgesScandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney and the FaeroesPublication Date: 21 Apr 2011978-90-04-20507-9
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Constructing a CultThe Life and Veneration of Guðmundr Arason (1161-1237) in the Icelandic Written SourcesPublication Date: 27 Jan 2011978-90-04-19497-7
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Pictish ProgressNew Studies on Northern Britain in the Middle AgesPublication Date: 11 Nov 2010978-90-04-18801-3
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High-Ranking Widows in Medieval Iceland and YorkshireProperty, Power, Marriage and Identity in the Twelfth and Thirteenth CenturiesPublication Date: 24 Sep 2010978-90-04-18947-8
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Interfaces between Language and Culture in Medieval EnglandA Festschrift for Matti KilpiöPublication Date: 11 Jan 2010978-90-47-44461-9
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Swedish Naval Administration, 1521-1721Resource Flows and Organisational CapabilitiesPublication Date: 23 Nov 2009978-90-47-44151-9
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Slaves and Warriors in Medieval Britain and Ireland, 800 -1200Publication Date: 24 Apr 2009978-90-47-42877-0
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Sexuality, Law and Legal Practice and the Reformation in NorwayPublication Date: 23 Feb 2009978-90-47-42710-0
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Between Betrothal and BeddingMarriage Formation in Sweden 1200-1600Publication Date: 23 Feb 2009978-90-47-42676-9
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Beyond the CatchFisheries of the North Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic, 900-1850Editor(s): Louis Sicking and Darlene Abreu-FerreiraPublication Date: 16 Oct 2008978-90-47-44200-4
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The Empire of Cnut the GreatConquest and the Consolidation of Power in Northern Europe in the Early Eleventh CenturyPublication Date: 31 Oct 2008978-90-47-44330-8
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The Legend of St BrendanA Comparative Study of the Latin and Anglo-Norman VersionsPublication Date: 19 Jun 2008978-90-47-44280-6
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Unpredictability and PresenceNorwegian Kingship in the High Middle AgesPublication Date: 31 May 2008978-90-47-44328-5
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Britain and Poland-LithuaniaContact and Comparison from the Middle Ages to 1795Editor(s): Richard Unger and Jakub BasistaPublication Date: 28 Feb 2008978-90-47-44268-4
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Baltic Connections (3 vols.)Archival Guide to the Maritime Relations of the Countries around the Baltic Sea (including the Netherlands) 1450-1800Publication Date: 31 Oct 2007978-90-47-43251-7
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Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark SeaWhaling in the Medieval North AtlanticPublication Date: 31 Jan 2008978-90-47-43241-8
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The Danish Resources c. 1000-1550Growth and RecessionPublication Date: 01 Mar 2013978-90-47-42204-4
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Guests in the HouseCultural Transmission between Slavs and Scandinavians 900 to 1300 ADPublication Date: 30 Sep 2007978-90-47-42185-6
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A Spirited ExchangeThe Wine and Brandy Trade between France and the Dutch Republic in its Atlantic Framework, 1600-1650Publication Date: 20 Jul 2007978-90-47-42117-7
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West over SeaStudies in Scandinavian Sea-Borne Expansion and Settlement Before 1300Editor(s): Beverley Ballin Smith and Simon TaylorPublication Date: 20 Jul 2007978-90-47-42121-4
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Denmark and the Crusades, 1400-1650Publication Date: 30 Apr 2007978-90-47-41984-6
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St. Magnús of OrkneyA Scandinavian Martyr-Cult in ContextPublication Date: 30 Apr 2007978-90-47-41955-6
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Commerce and Print in the Early ReformationPublication Date: 24 Apr 2007978-90-47-41973-0
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Kingship and State Formation in Sweden 1130-1290Publication Date: 31 Mar 2007978-90-47-41983-9
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The Popes and the Baltic Crusades 1147-1254Publication Date: 31 Dec 2006978-90-47-41891-7
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Christian IV and his NavyA Political and Administrative History of the Danish Navy 1596-1648Publication Date: 13 Oct 2006978-90-04-15450-6
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The Brendan LegendTexts and VersionsEditor(s): Glyn S. Burgess and Clara StrijboschPublication Date: 03 Aug 2006978-90-04-15247-2
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Urban Politics and the British Civil WarsEdinburgh, 1617-53Publication Date: 29 May 2006978-90-04-15167-3
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The Image of Aleksandr Nevskiy in Medieval RussiaWarrior and SaintPublication Date: 15 May 2006978-90-04-15101-7
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Kinship and ClientageHighland Clanship 1451-1609Publication Date: 23 Mar 2006978-90-04-15045-4
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Coinage and History in the North Sea World, c. AD 500-1250Essays in Honour of Marion ArchibaldEditor(s): Barrie Cook and Gareth WilliamsPublication Date: 23 Dec 2005978-90-04-14777-5
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Network NorthScottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746Publication Date: 23 Sep 2005978-90-04-14664-8
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Icelanders and the Kings of NorwayMediaeval Sagas and Legal TextsPublication Date: 15 Jun 2005978-90-04-14516-0
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The Discovery of the BalticThe Reception of a Catholic World-System in the European North (AD 1075-1225)Publication Date: 29 Nov 2004978-90-04-14122-3
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High Germans in the Low CountriesGerman Merchants and Commerce in Golden Age AntwerpPublication Date: 15 Sep 2004978-90-04-14104-9
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Russia's Foreign Trade and Economic Expansion in the Seventeenth CenturyWindows on the WorldPublication Date: 23 Nov 2004978-90-04-13896-4
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Viking RusStudies on the Presence of Scandinavians in Eastern EuropePublication Date: 28 May 2004978-90-04-13874-2
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Frederik II and the Protestant CauseDenmark's Role in the Wars of Religion, 1559-1596Publication Date: 30 Mar 2004978-90-04-13790-5
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Queen Margrete I (1353-1412) and the Founding of the Nordic UnionPublication Date: 27 Feb 2004978-90-04-13652-6
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Reputation and Representation in Fifteenth-Century EuropePublication Date: 27 Feb 2004978-90-04-13613-7
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Fagrskinna, A Catalogue of the Kings of NorwayA Translation with Introduction and NotesPublication Date: 27 Nov 2003978-90-04-13172-9
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Families, Friends and AlliesBoulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, c.879-1160Publication Date: 27 Nov 2003978-90-04-13243-6
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An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654Publication Date: 28 Aug 2003978-90-04-13241-2
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Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic InscriptionsPublication Date: 11 Jul 2003978-90-04-12396-0
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The 'Mother of all Trades'The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam from the Late 16th to the Early 19th CenturyPublication Date: 31 May 2002978-90-04-12546-9
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Traditions and Transformations in Late Medieval EnglandPublication Date: 15 Jan 2002978-90-04-12341-0
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Tools, Weapons and OrnamentsGermanic Material Culture in Pre-Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750Publication Date: 15 Oct 2001978-90-04-12298-7
Editorial Board
Series Editors:
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson (Oslo)
Piotr Gorecki (University of California at Riverside)
Steve Murdoch (St. Andrews)
Cordelia Heß (Greifswald)
Anne Pedersen (National Museum of Denmark)
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson (Oslo)
Piotr Gorecki (University of California at Riverside)
Steve Murdoch (St. Andrews)
Cordelia Heß (Greifswald)
Anne Pedersen (National Museum of Denmark)