Denmarks Royal Legacy: Viking Kings High Middle Ages
Denmarks Royal Legacy, #2
Reeks: Denmarks Royal Legacy
Kasper R. Zuelow
- The
- Book
- provides
- an
- introduction
- to
- the
- Danish
- kings
- who
- reigned
- during
- the
- High
- Middle
- Ages,
- roughly
- from
- 1076
- to
- 1250.
- This
- content
- is
- based
- on
- the
- ideas
- of
- Lars
- K.K.
- and
- Kasper
- R.
- Zuelow,
- and
- was
- created
- with
- their
- assistance.The
- abstract
- outlines
- the
- reigns
- of
- several
- notable
- Danish
- monarchs
- from
- this
- period.
- Olaf
- I
- Hunger,
- ruling
- around
- 1086-1095,
- struggled
- to
- maintain
- control
- amidst
- famine
- and
- rebellion
- against
- his
- authority.
- Niels,
- who
- reigned
- from
- approximately
- 1104-1131,
- was
- able
- to
- consolidate
- power,
- but
- faced
- tensions
- with
- the
- Holy
- Roman
- Empire
- and
- Papacy
- over
- ecclesiastical
- matters
- in
- Scandinavia.The
- abstract
- then
- describes
- the
- reigns
- of
- Eric
- Lamb
- (1137-1146)
- and
- Sweyn
- Grade
- (1146-1157).
- Eric
- Lamb
- struggled
- to
- retain
- full
- control
- of
- the
- Danish
- kingdom,
- ultimately
- forced
- to
- split
- it
- with
- a
- rival
- prince
- amidst
- ongoing
- civil
- unrest.
- Sweyn
- Grade
- briefly
- united
- the
- kingdom,
- but
- then
- faced
- continued
- civil
- war
- and
- rebellions
- before
- being
- assassinated
- by
- a
- rival.The
- book
- goes
- on
- to
- discuss
- the
- expansionist
- policies
- of
- Canute
- VI,
- who
- ruled
- from
- 1182
- to
- 1202.
- Canute
- VI
- continued
- the
- territorial
- conquests
- initiated
- by
- his
- father,
- Valdemar,
- expanding
- Denmark's
- power
- and
- influence
- in
- northern
- Germany.
- In
- contrast,
- the
- reign
- of
- Christopher
- I
- (1252-1259)
- was
- marked
- by
- challenges
- from
- the
- Danish
- nobility
- and
- the
- powerful
- Hanseatic
- League,
- leading
- to
- a
- succession
- crisis
- and
- broader
- political
- instability.The
- abstract
- concludes
- by
- noting
- that
- the
- precise
- chronological
- numbering
- and
- succession
- of
- Danish
- kings
- from
- this
- era
- remains
- a
- topic
- of
- scholarly
- debate,
- given
- the
- limited
- and
- inconsistent
- historical
- records
- available
- from
- that period.
