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- In prehistoric times, Danes and other Scandinavians reconfigured European society when the Vikings undertook marauding, trading, and colonizing expeditions. During the Middle Ages, the Danish crown dominated northwestern Europe through the power of the Kalmar Union.
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Sep 17, 2024 · Absalon, bishop of Roskilde from 1134, wrote the church law of Zealand in 1171 and then in 1177 became archbishop of Lund. Absalon also was a key advocate of the Valdemar dynasty. He ruled as coregent during Canute VI ’s minority (1170–82) and helped lead Denmark’s expansionist campaigns.
During her lifetime (1353–1412) the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (including the Faroe Islands, as well as Iceland, Greenland, and present-day Finland) became linked under her capable rule, in what became known as the Kalmar Union, made official in 1397.
Jul 12, 2020 · Following Magnus’s own death, Sweyn Estridsen became king in Denmark. He descended from Estrid, Sweyn Forkbeard’s daughter, and curiously chose to use a matronym – thus taking his mother’s name – as a way to project legitimacy.
Sep 17, 2024 · Declining royal power and Holstein rule. The battle between nobles and kings largely defined late medieval politics. Following the murder of King Erik V in 1286, the guardians of Erik’s heir, Erik VI, still a minor, consolidated their power around the young prince and established a nearly absolutist regime. Upon reaching his majority, the ...
During the Middle Ages, the Danish crown dominated northwestern Europe through the power of the Kalmar Union. In later centuries, Denmark established trading alliances throughout northern and western Europe and beyond.
In Denmark the term Middle Ages is used for the period from around the year 1000, when Denmark first became a Christian kingdom, until 1536, when the Lutheran Reformation defeated and replaced the Roman Catholic Church controlled by the Pope.
Unlike the modern, sovereign nation state, the Danish realm in the Late Middle Ages was held together solely by the regent, who held different positions in the different parts of the realm. The core was made up of the kingdom of Denmark, which consisted of Jutland (including Fyn), Sjælland and Skåne.
