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Kurt Villads Jensen Author & Editor

Kurt Villads Jensen is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.

Fighting for the Faith cover

Fighting for the Faith

3 contributors - Hardback

£28.00

Scandinavia in the Middle Ages 900-1550 cover

Scandinavia in the Middle Ages 900-1550

2 authors - Hardback

£130.00

Det danske imperium. Storhed og fald cover

Det danske imperium. Storhed og fald

2 authors - Paperback

£36.50

Scandinavia in the Middle Ages 900-1550 cover

Scandinavia in the Middle Ages 900-1550

2 authors - Paperback

£34.99

Monastic Culture cover

Monastic Culture

4 contributors - Paperback

£29.00

The Rise and Fall of the Danish Empire cover

The Rise and Fall of the Danish Empire

2 authors - Paperback

£24.99

Schleswig Holstein cover

Schleswig Holstein

2 contributors - Paperback

£27.00

Crusading at the Edges of Europe cover

Crusading at the Edges of Europe

Kurt Villads Jensen - Paperback

£42.99

Crusading at the Edges of Europe cover

Crusading at the Edges of Europe

Kurt Villads Jensen - Hardback

£160.00

The Stockholm Bloodbath of 1520 cover

The Stockholm Bloodbath of 1520

2 contributors - Hardback

£130.00