The Baltic: A History

442 Pages·2015·3.23 MB·English

by  Michael North

The Baltic

The Baltic
A History
Michael North
Translated by Kenneth Kronenberg
.
Cambridge, Massachusetts London, En gland
2015
Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing
This book is an updated version of the German edition, originally published as
Geschichte der Ostsee, copyright ©Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2011.
Library of Congress Cataloging- in-P ublication Data
North, Michael, 1954– author.
[Geschichte der Ostsee. Eng lish]
The Baltic : a history / Michael North ; translated by Kenneth Kronenberg.
pages cm
“This book is an updated version of the German edition, originally published as
Geschichte der Ostsee, copyright © Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2011.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 0-6 74-7 4410-3 (alkaline paper)
1. Baltic States—H istory. 2. Baltic States— Commerce.
3. Baltic States— Civilization. I. Kronenberg, Kenneth,
1946– translator. II. Title.
DK502.7.N6713 2015
947.9—dc23
2014035123
To my friends and colleagues at the University of
California at Santa Barbara

Contents
Preface ix
Introduction: Trade and Cultures 1
1. Vikings, Slavs, and Balts 9
2. The Christian Mission and the Settlement of the Land 28
3. The Hanseatic League and the Monarchies 52
4. The Reformation and the Nordic Re nais sance 87
5. Swedish Dominance 117
6. The Rise of Russ ia 145
7. Nordic Romanticism 183
8. Revolutions and New States 222
9. Sovietization versus Welfare States 262
10. Transformation and EU Integration 301
Conclusion 326
Place Name Concordance 331
Notes 337
References 355
Ack nowl edg ments 397
Illustration Credits 399
Index 401