Sweden and the Transformation of Northern Historiography

• Main Author: Knoespel, Kenneth J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå 2014
• Subjects: Sweden; Olof Rudbeck; Linnæus; northern historiography; Karlskrona; networks; digital technology; History of Technology; Teknikhistoria; Polo; Journal of Northern Studies
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-121010

Viewed from the Mediterranean South, the North was associated from the earliest ages with a darkness linked with strange languages, distance, alien cultural behavior, and just plain bad weather. This darkness—or the fog and mist if we use the early description of Marco Polo—was not ignored but itsel...