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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

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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

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