4. Norway During the Expansion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. PART I. The Early Ages
5. 1. Before Iron Came to the North 3
6. 2. The Old Iron Age, 500 B.C.-A.D. 780 14
7. PART II. The Viking Age, 780-1030
8. 3. A Greater Norway 35
9. 4. Norway During the Expansion 64
10. 5. Formation of a National Christian State 86
11. PART III. The Middle Ages, 1030-1536
12. 6. Folk King and Folk Church, 1030-1130 109
13. 7. Social Conflict, 1130-1228 128
14. 8. A Period of Greatness, 1228-1319 157
15. 9. Last Kings of the Old Stock, 1319-1387 191
16. 10. Scandinavian Union, 1387-1536 208
17. PART IV. The Danish Period, 1536-1814
18. 11. The Age of the Reformation, 1536-1596 243
19. 12. Northern Wars and Economic Expansion, 1596-1720 277
20. 13. A Half Century of Quiet Growth, 1720-1770 319
21. 14. Preparation for Independence, 1770-1814 343
22. PART V. Modern Norway
23. 15. 1814 and Independence 373
24. 16. Karl Johan and Young Norway, 1814-1844 396
25. 17. The Age of National Romanticism, 1844-1872 423
26. 18. Last Decades of the Swedish Union, 1872-1905 454
27. 19. 1905 and the End of the Union 484
28. 20. New Norway, 1905-1940 496
29. 21. The Occupation and Liberation, 1940-1945 534
30. Rulers 569
31. Important Dates 571
32. A Selected Bibliography 574
33. Index 577
34. Backmatter 592