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Charles XI and Swedish absolutism
- Title
- Charles XI and Swedish absolutism / A.F. Upton.
- Author
- Upton, Anthony F.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DL727 .U67 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxiv, 281 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In the last decades of the seventeenth century Swedish king Charles XI, launched a remarkable bid to stabilize and secure Sweden's position as a major power in northern Europe and as master of the Baltic Sea. This project, which is almost unknown to students of history outside Sweden, involved a comprehensive overhaul of the government and institutions of the kingdom, on the basis of establishing Sweden as a model of absolute monarchy. This book gives an account of what was achieved under the direction of a distinctly unglamorous, but pious and conscientious ruler who was convinced of his Christian duty to secure the welfare of his kingdom and the subjects God had placed in his care."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in early modern history
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in early modern history
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-272) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction: the historical background to Sweden's seventeenth century crisis -- The formative years: regency and war, 1660-1679 -- The defining of the absolute monarchy -- The financial reconstruction -- The indelningsverk and the rebuilding of the armed forces -- The search for external security, 1679-1686 -- The consolidation of the absolutist system -- Completing the superstructure -- The royal government at work -- The external territories under the absolutism -- The maturing of Charles XI's foreign policies -- The last years of the reign -- The absolutism of Charles XI.
- Swedish words used in the text -- Currencies in use in Sweden -- The Structure of government before and after 1680 -- 1. Introduction: the historical background to Sweden's seventeenth-century crisis -- 2. The formative years: regency and war, 1660-1679 -- 3. The defining of the absolute monarchy -- 4. The financial reconstruction -- 5. The indelningsverk and the rebuilding of the armed forces -- 6. The search for external security, 1679-1686 -- 7. The consolidation of the absolutist system -- 8. Completing the superstructure -- 9. The royal government at work -- 10. The external territories under the absolutism -- 11. The maturing of Charles XI's foreign policies -- 12. The last years of the reign -- 13. The absolutism of Charles XI.
- ISBN
- 0521573904
- 9780521573900
- LCCN
- 97025197
- 9780521573900
- OCLC
- ocm37109234
- 37109234
- SCSB-413650
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library