Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630–1635

ISBN-13: 9780521451390 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 280 str.

B. F. Porshnev;Paul Dukes (University of Aberdeen);Brian Pearce

Opis

This is an English translation of important writings on the Thirty Years War by the great Soviet historian B.F. Porshnev. Little is known of the Muscovite contribution to the conflict and Paul Dukes, a specialist in ancien regime Russia, has selected the most valuable areas of Porshnev's archival research to fill a gap in the literature of the 17th century. In placing this work in the context of Porshnev's larger undertaking, Professor Dukes' introduction assesses Porshnev's critics and evaluates his contribution to our understanding of the Thirty Years War and of relations between Eastern and Western Europe at the time. A reinterpretation of a fascinating period, the book should interest both Russian specialists and those working more generally in 17th-century European history.

Spis treści

1. Muscovy and the entry of Sweden into the Thirty Years' War; 2. Gustavus Adolphus and preparation for the Smolensk War; 3. The conflict concerning the Russo-Swedish alliance in 1631–2; 4. The social and political situation in Germany at the time of Gustavus Adolphus's invasion, 1630–1; 5. Russia's 'Great Embassy' to Sweden in 1633; 6. Death of the leaders; 7. Death of the alliance.