The Faroe Islands interpretations of history
Stranded in a stormy corner of the North Atlantic midway between Norway and Iceland, the Faroe Islands are part of ""the unknown Western Europe""--A region of recent economic development and subnational peoples facing uncertain futures. This book tells the remarkable story of the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky
[2015]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39257903*spi |
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Terra Incognita; PART ONE: Norse Settlement to Danish Monopoly; 1. Another Set of Small Islands: The Faroes in the Norse World, circa 800-1540; 2. Church, King, Company, and Country: The Reformation and Its Aftermath, 1540-1709; 3. Outside the Wall: Seventeenth-Century Society in Legend; PART TWO: Toward a National Culture in an Odd Danish Province; 4. A Great Deal of Fuss for an Omelet: A Precarious Stability, 1709-1816; 5. What Better Thing? The Copenhagen Connection, 1814-1855.
- 6. The Transition from Monopoly: Social Change in the Faroes, 1856-19207. Now the Hour is Come to Hand: Culture and Politics, 1890-1920; CONCLUSION: Specters and Illusions; Appendix: Governance and Governors; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
