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Tuomas M.S. Lehtonen and Elisabeth Mornet, eds. Les Elites nordiques et l'Europe occidentale (xiie--xve siecle). Actes de la rencontre franco--nordique organisEe a Paris, 9-10 juin 2005. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2007. Pp. 316.
It is no longer unusual for scholars from the Nordic countries to publish some of their works in English rather than in their native language. Uncommon, however, are ventures into French and even more unusual is the preoccupation of French scholars with medieval Nordic subjects. The appearance of the book under consideration is therefore as welcome as a Christmas present in July.
Jukka Havu, former director of the Finnish Institute in Paris, took the initiative for the conference involving French and Nordic scholars that forms the basis of this collection. Among the Nordic participants the Finns dominate with five scholars; Denmark and Sweden each sent two, Norway one, and France six. As subject for the conference, the two organizers, Tuomas Lehtonen and Elisabeth Mornet, chose the elite. Because of the emphasis in recent times on the emergence of public power and the birth of the modern state in western Europe, the study of the elite and its importance in the process has undergone extensive renewal. The editors rightfully deemed it of interest to ascertain the response of the Nordic elites to this challenge. The participants were given the choice of presenting papers and submitting articles in French (12) or English (6). Summaries...
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