Denmark and the Crusades, 1400-1650

by Janus Møller Jensen

This ground-breaking study of the role of crusading in late-medieval and early modern Denmark argues that crusading had a tremendous impact on political and religious life in Scandinavia all through the Middle Ages, which continued long after the Reformation ostensibly should have put an end to its viability within Protestant Denmark.

444 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007