TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface

Introduction

Remnants of Old Norse Heathendom in Popular Religion in Christian Times - Else Mundal

Early Ecclesiastical Organization of Scandinavia, Especially Sweden - Stefan Brink

Canonical Observance in Norway in the Middle Ages: The Observance of Dietary Regulations - Sæbjørg Walaker Nordeide and Jennifer R. McDonald

Wine and Beer in Medieval Scandinavia - Lars Bisgaard

Martyrs, Total War, and Heavenly Horses: Scandinavia as Centre and Periphery in the Expansion of Medieval Christendom - Kurt Villads Jensen

The Making of New Cultural Landscapes in the Medieval Baltic - Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen

The Emerging Birgittine Movement and the First Steps towards the Canonization of Saint Birgitta of Sweden - Claes Gejrot

Forbidden Marital Strategies: Papal Marriage Dispensations for Scandinavian Couples in the Later Middle Ages - Kirsi Salonen

‘He Grabbed his Axe and Gave Thore a Blow to his Head’: Late Medieval Clerical Violence in Norway as Treated according to Canon and Civil Laws - Torstein Jørgensen

The Lars Vit Case: A Fragmentary Example of Swedish Ecclesiastical Legal Practice and Sexual Mentality at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Century - Bertil Nilsson

Concluding Remarks - Patrick Geary

Index of Persons

Index of Places