The History of Denmark: Vikings, Absolutism, Welfare (Danish History Books)

The History of Denmark: Vikings, Absolutism, Welfare (Danish History Books)

From longship prow to socialist dream: How a land of savage raiders became the world’s happiest kingdom. Read about Denmark’s epic 10,000-year saga, where ice melted, kings ruled with iron fists, and peasants sparked a revolution that reshaped modernity. Secrets buried in bog and bronze: ✅ Viking "death houses" where chieftains lay with slaughtered slaves and mead. ✅ Queen Margaret’s bloody gamble: Uniting Scandinavia by dagger, dowry, and deceit. ✅ The night Copenhagen burned , twice , as rival kings fought over a corpse’s crown. ✅ Absolute monarchs who taxed sunlight , and the rebellion that birthed Europe’s first constitution. ✅ How butter cooperatives , fueled Denmark’s welfare miracle (spoiler: it wasn’t socialism). "Shatters the ‘peaceful Viking’ myth! The chapter on Kalmar Union betrayals reads like Game of Thrones—with real decapitations. The large print makes intricate maps of Norse trade routes crystal clear." — Dr. Erik Sørensen, University of Copenhagen A Bishop’s Brutal Command: "Burn every ship. Leave no pagan alive to sail again." — Bishop Absalon (1167) (Discover his crusade against Baltic pirates in Chapter 7… and how it forged modern Denmark.) Why Readers Are Obsessed ✅: VIKINGS UNCHAINED: Raid Paris, trade with Baghdad, die drunk in York’s gutters. - LARGE PRINT ESSENTIAL: Decipher runestones, royal decrees, and battle plans effortlessly. - FROM AXES TO ABSOLUTISM: How feudal revolts (Ch.10) birthed tyrant kings (Ch.13), crushed by farmer uprisings (Ch.18). - MODERNITY’S BLUEPRINT: The cooperative dairy movement (Ch.19) that outsmarted capitalism—and inspired FDR. ⚠️ No Hygge Here: This book exposes child sacrifices in Bronze Age bogs (Ch.3), kings selling subjects as cannon fodder (Ch.14), and the starvation that birthed Denmark’s welfare state . Democracy was forged in ice and blood.