War and Peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790

ISBN-13: 9780415024723 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 222 str.

Stewart P. Oakley

Opis

From the middle of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century the Baltic sea was the scene of frequent conflicts between the powers that surrounded it. As the fortunes in the struggle changed, so did the composition of opposing alliances and the identity of the leading participants. Not only were the littoral states concerned by the outcome; other European states were anxious thoughout the period with what went on in the Baltic, where the emergence of one dominant power could be potentially dangerous and where many had important commercial interests. Stewart Oakley makes clear the causes and course of the conflicts and explains the varying fortunes of the participants. It traces the emergence of Sweden, poor as it was in resources, as the leading power in the area in the early 17th century, the early unsuccessful attempts by the Muscovite state to break through to the Sea, the eventual collapse of Sweden's empire at the beginning of the 18th century and final emergence of Russia as the leading player on the stage. The main part of the work ends with the failure of Sweden's final attempt to regain something of its former status.

Recenzje

`... a first-rate work that is a valuable addition to the literature on the early modern Baltic.' - Jeremy Black European History Quarterly

`... undergraduates will welcome a book which has so clearly distilled general accounts in several languages into one volume,' - Slavonic Review

`... presents a clear, reliable and solidly informed account of a complex subject, with which most of his readers will be wholly unfamiliar. This book will be a valuable tool for all teachers and students of early modern European History.' - History

Spis treści

1. Setting the Scene 2. The Baltic World in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century 3. The Struggle for Livonia (1558-95) 4. The Time of Troubles (1595-1617) 5. The Baltic During the Thirty Years War (1618-48) 6. The First Great Northern War (1648-67) 7. The Later Seventeenth Century (1667-1700) 8. Charles XII, Peter the Great and the End of Swedish Dominance (1700-21) 9. A New Balance (1721-51) 10. Mid-Century Crises (1750-72) 11. The Age of Gustavus III (1772-90) Postlude The Baltic in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1790-1815) Epilogue The Baltic in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

O autorze

Stewart P. Oakley