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Sweden in the Seventeenth Century

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Paul Douglas Lockhart
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  • A wideranging survey of Swedish political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural history in the 600s
    Incorporates the latest research in the Swedish language
    Focuses on the rise and decline of Swedish power, and on the mechanisms that helped the country to achieve the status of a great power

Part of the book series: European History in Perspective (EUROHIP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Sixteenth-Century Inheritance

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Reign of Gustav II Adolf

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 22-37

  4. Sweden on the World Stage: The Foreign Policy of Gustav II Adolf

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 38-55

  5. The Interregnum and Queen Christina, 1632–54

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 56-72

  6. The Swedish ‘Power State’: Society, Culture, and the Burden of War

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 73-90

  7. Proto-absolutism or ‘Military Monarchy’? The Brief Reign of Karl X Gustav, 1654–59

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 91-105

  8. The Swedish Empire in Louis XIV’s Europe, 1660–79

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 106-122

  9. The Swedish ‘Absolutist’ State, 1679–97

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 123-144

  10. Epilogue

    • Paul Douglas Lockhart
    Pages 145-152

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 153-178
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About this book

The history of Sweden in the seventeenth century is perhaps one of the most remarkable political success stories of early modern Europe. Little more than a century after achieving independence from Denmark, Sweden - an impoverished and sparsely-populated state - had defeated all of its most fearsome enemies and was ranked amongst the great powers of Europe.

In this book, which incorporates the latest research on the subject, Paul Douglas Lockhart:

- surveys the political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural history of the country, from the beginnings of its career as an empire to its decline at the end of the seventeenth century
- examines the mechanisms that helped Sweden to achieve the status of a great power, and the reasons for its eventual downfall
- emphasises the interplay between social structure, constitutional development, and military necessity

Clear and well-written, Lockhart's text is essential reading for all those with an interest in the fascinating history of early modern Sweden.

About the author

PAUL DOUGLAS LOCKHART is Associate Professor of History at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. He is a specialist in the history of early modern Scandinavia, and his previous publications include Denmark in the Thirty Years' War (1996).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sweden in the Seventeenth Century

  • Authors: Paul Douglas Lockhart

  • Series Title: European History in Perspective

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80255-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 178

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History

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