Vivian Etting, Cand.mag. (1984) in History, University of Copenhagen, is Curator of the Medieval and Renaissance collections at the National Museum of Denmark. She has publised several works about Nordic history in the Middle Ages.

• List of AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsPreface1. Denmark during the reign of Valdemar IV Atterdag2. The struggle for the crown of Denmark3. Society, class and government4. Pirates and commercial war against the Hanseatic League5. The great herring market in Scania6. The counts of Holstein and southern Jutland7. The flight for the crown of Sweden8. Catastrophe and reconstruction9. "victory in the hands of a woman"10. The consolidation of power11. Queen Margrete as legislator12. The Nordic Union 139713. The struggle for Gtoland and the final surrender of Stockholm14.State and Church15. Queen Margrete's religious gifts and donations16. Chancellor and bishop- the career of Peder Jensen Lodehat17. The struggle for Gotland and the mystery of the false King oluf18. A royal wedding19. The queen's letter of 140520. The Slesvig-Holstein problem21. The death of Queen Margrete 22. A royal game of chess23. Art, education and literature24. Everyday life in teh country and the towns25. Assessments of Queen Margrete through the centuriesSources and BibliographyIndex

Vivian Etting, Cand.mag. (1984) in History, University of Copenhagen, is Curator of the Medieval and Renaissance collections at the National Museum of Denmark. She has publised several works about Nordic history in the Middle Ages.

• List of AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsPreface1. Denmark during the reign of Valdemar IV Atterdag2. The struggle for the crown of Denmark3. Society, class and government4. Pirates and commercial war against the Hanseatic League5. The great herring market in Scania6. The counts of Holstein and southern Jutland7. The flight for the crown of Sweden8. Catastrophe and reconstruction9. "victory in the hands of a woman"10. The consolidation of power11. Queen Margrete as legislator12. The Nordic Union 139713. The struggle for Gtoland and the final surrender of Stockholm14.State and Church15. Queen Margrete's religious gifts and donations16. Chancellor and bishop- the career of Peder Jensen Lodehat17. The struggle for Gotland and the mystery of the false King oluf18. A royal wedding19. The queen's letter of 140520. The Slesvig-Holstein problem21. The death of Queen Margrete 22. A royal game of chess23. Art, education and literature24. Everyday life in teh country and the towns25. Assessments of Queen Margrete through the centuriesSources and BibliographyIndex

Vivian Etting, Cand.mag. (1984) in History, University of Copenhagen, is Curator of the Medieval and Renaissance collections at the National Museum of Denmark. She has publised several works about Nordic history in the Middle Ages.

• List of AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsPreface1. Denmark during the reign of Valdemar IV Atterdag2. The struggle for the crown of Denmark3. Society, class and government4. Pirates and commercial war against the Hanseatic League5. The great herring market in Scania6. The counts of Holstein and southern Jutland7. The flight for the crown of Sweden8. Catastrophe and reconstruction9. "victory in the hands of a woman"10. The consolidation of power11. Queen Margrete as legislator12. The Nordic Union 139713. The struggle for Gtoland and the final surrender of Stockholm14.State and Church15. Queen Margrete's religious gifts and donations16. Chancellor and bishop- the career of Peder Jensen Lodehat17. The struggle for Gotland and the mystery of the false King oluf18. A royal wedding19. The queen's letter of 140520. The Slesvig-Holstein problem21. The death of Queen Margrete 22. A royal game of chess23. Art, education and literature24. Everyday life in teh country and the towns25. Assessments of Queen Margrete through the centuriesSources and BibliographyIndex