Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation, circa 800-1500 (Volume 17) (The Nordic Series)

Admittedly, I speak as a specialist, but I think this is a very fine book, and accessible to all audiences. Most welcomely, the authors are more wary than some of using the Icelandic sagas as straightforward historical or anthropological sources for the study of medieval Scandinavian society, and hence resist taking romanticized and potentially ideological depictions, e.g., of medieval women, as fact. In addition, the book is jargon-free and well written by academic standards.