- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- "In Spoils of Knowledge, Emma Hagström Molin offers novel perspectives on document and book plundering. At the forefront is the controversial heritage connected to the Swedish Empire (1611-1721) kept in Swedish archives and libraries. Previous studies suggest that continental spoils were perceived as an inferior and problematic category, and that Catholic books in particular were hard to accommodate in Protestant libraries. However, by considering systems of classification and collection orders of archives and libraries, Hagström Molin unearths a much more complex history of how plundered knowledge was appreciated, used and fused with its new Swedish settings. Moreover, spanning a history of 400 years, she shows that the understanding of spoils changed significantly over time"--
- Series Statement
- Library of the written word ; volume 111
- The handpress world ; volume 90
- Uniform Title
- Krigsbytets biografi. English (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Krigsbytets biografi.
- Seventeenth-century plunder in Swedish archives and libraries
- Subject
- Note
- "This book was originally published by Makadam Publishers (Gothenburg) under the title "Krigsbytets Biografi. Byten i Riksarkivet, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek och Skokloster slott under 1600-talet." ISBN 9789170611803 (2015)."
- This book is the English translation of the author's PhD thesis published in Swedish in 2015--Preface.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- In the King's Treasury -- Placed in Chests : The Making of Cultural Spoils in Seventeenth-Century Europe and Beyond -- Archive Trouble : The Mitau Files in Vasa History -- Library Confessions : Catholic Books, Jesuit Epistemology and Temporality at Uppsala University Library -- War Museums : Spolia Selecta in Carl Gustaf Wrangel's Skokloster -- Spoils of Knowledge, Triumph and Trouble.
- LCCN
- 2022051522
- OCLC
- ssj0002765932
- Author
Molin, Emma Hagström.
- Title
Spoils of knowledge [electronic resource] : seventeenth-century plunder in Swedish archives and libraries / by Emma Hagström Molin.
- Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Series
Library of the written word ; volume 111
The handpress world ; volume 90
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Translation Of:
Translation of: Hagström Molin, Emma Krigsbytets biografi Göteborg : Makadam, 2015 9789170611803 (DLC) 2016453429