Protestant Legacies in Nordic Law

The overarching goal of the book is to examine the relations between Lutheran majority traditions and the development of secular law in the Nordic region in the early modern period, from the 16th to the 18th century. The early modern Nordic region included the kingdoms of Denmark/Norway and Sweden - with the Finnish diocese Abo as part of the Swedish realm. Both kingdoms were consolidated as Lutheran countries after the reformation. While this change occurred in a determined and radical way in Denmark, in Sweden the transformation was more hesitant. Due to its mixed Protestant (Lutheran/Calvinist) and RomanCatholic heritage, case studies dealing with Germany off er interesting comparative perspectives. The authors are experts in church history and legal history from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway.

Tarald Rasmussen is professor emeritus of church history at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo. 20122019 he was chief editor of Journal of Early Modern Christianity. His main research area is the history of late medieval and early modern Christianity in the Nordic countries and Germany.
Jrn yrehagen Sunde is professor of legal history at the Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo. His research areas include medieval and early modern legal history of Norway and the Nordic countries.