Mercenary Swedes : French subsidies to Sweden 1631-1796 /

Four hundred years ago, France persuaded Sweden to fight on its side against Germany in the war between Protestant and Catholic states. Rather than some lofty purpose, what convinced Sweden was money. Under the 1631 agreement, Sweden received French subsidies to the tune of 400,000 riksdaler a year...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Norrhem, Svante, 1962- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Merton, Charlotte (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lund, Sweden : Nordic Academic Press, [2019]
Temas:
Mercenary troops > Sweden > History.
Mercenaires > Suède > Histoire.
HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia
International economic relations.
Mercenary troops.
Internationale Politik
Subvention
Sweden > Foreign economic relations > France.
France > Foreign economic relations > Sweden.
France.
Sweden.
Frankreich
Schweden
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Early modern currency. 1 Subsidies: an introduction : Reaping what others sow
  • Reaping the whirlwind
  • Why subsidies?
  • Argument
  • Method. 2 Treaties, context, and content : The Treaty of Bärwalde
  • The Peace of Westphalia
  • Interlude: absolutism and the Great Reduction
  • Liberty
  • The return of the king
  • The common thread. 3 Subsidies, dependence, and independence : Follow the money
  • The 1630s and 1640s
  • After 1648
  • The eighteenth century
  • The mechanics of subsidies
  • Great power and great freedom? 4 Subsidies and honour : Whose honour? 5 French objectives and interests : Vote-rigging
  • Destabilization politics
  • Dynastic politics
  • Patrons, clients, and "protection"
  • Subsidies
  • France's interest in Sweden
  • Shifting alliances. 6 Rivalries, conflicts, and complications : Conflicting objectives
  • Casus belli
  • New century, same old tensions
  • Practical complications, complicated individuals
  • Asymmetric friendship. 7 Subsidies, history, and enduring friendship : An uncomfortable past
  • A special friendship. 8 Subsidies, resistance, and criticism : Swedish shame, French betrayal
  • The pamphleteers
  • The root of the problem. 9 The impact of subsidies: migration, mobility, and morality : Princes and states
  • The impact of subsidies on Sweden
  • War, death, and suffering
  • Women's lives
  • Infrastructure and infraknowledge
  • Officers and officials
  • Bankers and financiers
  • Diplomats, politicians, and negotiators
  • Soft power and luxury consumption
  • Concluding remarks. 10 The impact of subsidies: three case studies : The Peace of Westphalia
  • War, the Great Reduction, and autocracy
  • The coup of 1772
  • Concluding comments. 11 Concluding discussion. Notes
  • References
  • Index of names
  • Index of treaties.

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