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Outer Europe

Outer Europe. Scandinavia. Denmark Richest region of Scandinavia Harald Bluetooth (958-87): baptized Svein (987-1014) conquered England Cnut Sweden Norway Harald Finehair (d. 932) Olaf Tryggvason (995-1000) Olaf Haraldsson (1015-30). Vikings. St. Olaf: Christianized Norway

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Outer Europe

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  1. Outer Europe

  2. Scandinavia • Denmark • Richest region of Scandinavia • Harald Bluetooth (958-87): baptized • Svein (987-1014) conquered England • Cnut • Sweden • Norway • Harald Finehair (d. 932) • Olaf Tryggvason (995-1000) • Olaf Haraldsson (1015-30)

  3. Vikings • St. Olaf: Christianized Norway • Ruled with aristocracy • Assemblies • Raiders/Traders • Ship Technology • Infiltrated river systems • Normandy

  4. Slavs • Peoples named Sclaveni/Sclavi by Latins, Greeks • Language • Common culture: archeological elements • Small villages, houses • Absence of social hierarchy • Cremation burials • Tribal culture, only temporary alliances

  5. Slavs: attempts at hegenomies • Turkic groups: • Huns • Avars • Bulgars • Non-Turkic groups: • Hungarians • Rus • Origianlly Swedish settlers • Western Sclavenians • Moravia • Bohemia • Poland

  6. Britain and Ireland Wales Sense of cultural unity Relationship with English Scotland Core kingdom Little documentation Ireland Best documented Tribal kingdoms No solid hegemonies

  7. Christian Spain • Asturias • Visigothic tradition • Tribal • Pamplona, or Navarre • Partly Basque

  8. Conclusions • Similarities: • No stable power • Move to increase power in response to forces surrounding them • By 1000: “Recognizable polities had crystallized in most places in Europe”

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