1787 UNIVERSAL HISTORY DENMARK LTHER FOLDOUT MAP XRARE!

UNIVERSAL HISTORY

SINCE THE BEGINNING TO THE PRESENT WORLD

HISTORY OF DENMARK

UNTIL DEPOSITION

OF ERIC KING OF SWEDEN 1438

1787; Believe a First Edition; Vol. 62 (Complete); Paris, Chez Moutard, Imprimeur-Libraire de la Reine, de Madame, Others; Full Leather; Illustrated, Fold Out Map; 514 Pages; 5"x 8"; French Text; Extremely Rare!!!

Great for any French Reader, History/Travel Fan/Denmark Fan or Collector.  Superb on a Shelf; Won't Find a Better Copy; Highly Collectible with the very rare 222 Year Old Map!!!

Attributes:

A Brilliant, sleek original all leather cover design with a nice marble detail to boards, retaining all of its ornate gold floral binding, with five raised bands, red page edges all around, with a nice title page design, with some lovely small woodcuts to endings and one bigger one to first chapter, and a great and very rare fold out map of Denmark and a Great History Read; Great Craftsmanship!!!

Some Contents Included:

DENMARK & NORWEGE, DESCRIPTION, GEOGRAPHY, RELIGION, MANNERS, KINGS- HUMBLUS, SKIOLDO, GRAM, SUIBDAGER, FROTHO I, HALDAN, HELGO, HOLHER, RORIC SLYNGIBOND I, WIGLETH, USSON PRINCE SAXON, DAN III, OLAUS II, SIWALD I, HALDAN III, OMUND, INVASION OF CHARLEMAGNE, COURAGE FIDELITY OF LATHGARTHA SUBJECT OF THE SAXONS, EMPEROR LOTHAIRE, BATTLES, IVAR, HARALD VI, EVENTS 1147, EAST CAPTURED BY THE VANDALS, CANUT THE GRAND, POLITICAL SUCCESS, ERIC VIII, WAR WITH NORWEGE, THE SENATE, ERIC'S MASSACRES, ETC.  JUST A FRACTION, MUCH MORE!!!

Background:

During the 8th–11th centuries, the Danish people were known as Vikings. Viking explorers first discovered and settled Iceland in the 9th century, on their way toward the Faroe Islands. From there, Greenland and Vinland (probably Newfoundland) were also settled. Utilising their great skills in shipbuilding they raided and conquered parts of France and the British Isles. But they also excelled in trading along the coasts and rivers of Europe, running trade routes from Greenland in the north to Constantinople in the south via Russian rivers. The Danish Vikings were most active in Britain, Ireland and France, and they raided, conquered and settled parts of England (their earliest settlements included sites in the Danelaw, Ireland, and Normandy).

The Danes were united and officially Christianised in 965 AD by Harald Blåtand, the story of which is recorded on the Jelling stones. The exact extent of Harald's Danish Kingdom is unknown, although it's reasonable to believe that it stretched from the defensive line of Dannevirke, including the Viking city of Hedeby, across Jutland, the Danish isles and into southern present day Sweden; Scania and perhaps Halland and Blekinge. Furthermore, the Jelling stones attest that Harald had also "won" Norway. In retaliation for the St. Brice's Day massacre of Danes in England, the son of Harald, Sweyn Forkbeard mounted a series of wars of conquest against England, which was completed by Svend's son Canute the Great by the middle of the 11th century.

From the Viking age towards the end of the 13th century, the kingdom of Denmark consisted of Jutland, north from the Eider River and the islands of Zealand, Funen, Bornholm, Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. From the end of the 1200s the lands between the Eider River and the river Kongeåen were separated from the kingdom as two vassal duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.

Following the end of the 11th century, Denmark underwent a transition from a patchwork of regional chiefs (Danish:jarls) with a weak and semi-elected royal institution, into a realm which more reflected European feudalism, with a powerful king ruling through an influential nobility. The period is marked by internal strife and the generally weak geopolitical position of the realm, which for long stretches fell under German influence. The period also featured the first of large stone buildings (mostly churches), a deep penetration by the Christian religion, the appearance of monastic orders in Denmark and the first written historical works such as the Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes"). German political as well as religious influence firmly ended in the last decades of the 12th century under the rule of King Valdemar the Great and his foster brother Absalon Hvide, Archbishop of Lund; through successful wars against Wend peoples of northeast Germany and the German Empire.

Condition:

Condition is Very Good/Excellent.  Small wear to edges, light blemishing to first couple pages, rest are very good, small spot here and there, hinges/text block are excellent.  Very Sturdy.  Overall, for over 220 years old its in Very Good/Excellent Condition!!!