ENGLISH

An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654

By Alexia Grosjean

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2003
ISBN
9004132414, 9789004132412
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4932702 bytes)
Pages
312\323
Time added
2021-03-27 14:44:09

Description

This study of an unofficial Scottish-Swedish alliance analyses how Scotland's provision of military and mercantile expertise for Sweden's imperial expansion was repaid during the Covenanting revolution (1638-1641) by the supply of international support and material aid unparalleled in the early modern period. CONTENTS List of Figures Illustrations and Maps Introduction Chapter One Scotland and the rise of Sweden, 1521–1613 Chapter Two Gustav II Adolf and the Scots, 1613–1629 Chapter Three The Scots in Swedish service, from Stralsund to Westphalia Chapter Four Scots in the Swedish navy, 1534–1654 Chapter Five The influx and influence of Scotsmen in the Swedish nobility and civic society Chapter Six The unofficial alliance reciprocated: Sweden and the Bishops’ Wars, 1638–1640 Chapter Seven Sweden and the war for the Three Kingdoms, 1641–1648 Chapter Eight Queen Kristina and Charles II, 1649–1651 Conclusion England and the demise of the Scottish-Swedish alliance, 1651–1654 Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

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