La vision du passé nordique chez les historiographes scandinaves de la fin du Moyen Âge au début du XVIIe siècle

• Main Author: Maillefer, Jean-Marie
• Format: Book Part
• Language: French
• Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2019
• Subjects: Scandinavie; Groenland; Sibérie; histoire des représentations; Nord; stéréotype; monde nordique; History; HIS010000; HBJD; Norway; Vasa
• Online Access: http://books.openedition.org/pur/117149

In sixteenth century Scandinavia, historical writing played a significant role in establishing national identities, especially in Sweden—a country which did not have a medieval historiographical legacy as did its neighbours Denmark (Gesta Danorum) and Norway (Heimskringla). With the restored indepen...