Anthony F. Upton, A. F. Upton

Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1660 1697

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An account of absolute rule and reform in Sweden under King Charles XI, 1660-1697, first published in 1998.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780521573900
• ISBN-10: 0521573904
• Artikelnr.: 29337587

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the historical background to Sweden's seventeenth-century crisis
2. The formative years: regency and war, 1660-79
3. The defining of the absolute monarchy
4. The financial reconstruction
5. The indelningswerk and the rebuilding of the armed forces
6. The search for external security, 1679-86
7. The consolidation of the absolutist system
8. Completing the superstructure
9. The royal government at work
10. The external territories under absolutism
11. The maturing of Charles XI's foreign policies
12. The last years of the reign
13. The absolutism of Charles XI
Bibliography
Index.