Introduction
Part I - The Development of the Consensual State, 1513-96
1: The End of the Medieval Monarchy, 1513-36
2: The Rebirth of the Oldenburg Monarchy, 1536-96
3: Reformation and Culture
4: Commerce, Rural Economy, and the Structure of Society
5: The Mistress of the Sound: Denmark and Europe, 1513-96
Part II - The Age of Christian IV, 1596-1660
6: The Activist Monarchy of Christian IV
7: Baltic and German Hegemonies: Denmark and Europe, 1596-1629
8: Church and Court: Culture in the Age of Christian IV
9: The Death of Government by Consensus, 1630-48
10: State and Society, Centre and Periphery
11: War and Absolutism, 1648-60
12: Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliographic Essay
Lockhart's book is based on a superb knowledge of Danish research.
His work is empirical and analytical at a very high level....
Lockhart has written by far the best introduction in any language
to the history of early modern Denmark.
*Steffen Heiberg, The International History Review*
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