Sweden in the Seventeenth Century

This is a survey of the point in history when Sweden rose to preeminence in Europe. Drawing on the latest literature in Swedish and other languages, Paul Lockhart examines the institutions of the Swedish 'empire' at the height of its influence, while focusing on the key historical questions: why did this impoverished state become a great power, how was it able to maintain this status, and what brought about its eventual decline?

Author: Paul Douglas Lockhart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06/01/2004
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9780333731574
ISBN10: 0333731573
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Nordic Countries

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).
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).