This compreshensive study of medieval Scandinavia questions assumptions about early Scandinavian history, including the supposed leading role of free and equal peasants and their position in founding churhces. The authors meticulously trace the development of Scandinavia from the early ninth century through the second and third decades of the sixteenth century, when rulers of Scandinavia rejected the authority of the Papacy, and the attempt to establish a united Scandinavian monarchy finally collapsed. Paperback, 266 pages.