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- Scherp, Joakim, 1968-
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Alternatives to the Military State? : The Swedish Estates' reactions to Absolutist policies during the Great Northern War
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Ingår i: Revue d'histoire Nordique. - 1778-9605. ; :18, s. 147-169
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, the meeting of the Estates in 1710, and the policies suggested during this meeting is described. It is argued that the Estates had a different view of state and society than the absolutist regime. As an alternative to the heavily militarized state, which endeavoured to control all parts of society, the Estates suggested policies that they thought would lead to greater prosperity. This would be achieved by freeing the economy from state control, and above all by concluding peace. To solve the immediate financial problems of the Crown, a system of borrowing against guarantees from the Estates was proposed, which would have meant a financial revolution of the same kind that England had recently introduced. Steven Pincus theory of revolutions is furthermore applied to the Swedish developments, and it is argued that the state-modernization forced on Sweden by the disastrous Great Northern war lead to proposals for change both from the Estates and the Crown.
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- Scherp, Joakim, 1968-
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"Krig har en lång rumpa" : Riksdagen och den 200-åriga fredens tidigmoderna rötter
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Ingår i: Historisk Tidskrift. - 0345-469X .- 2002-4827. ; 136:2, s. 149-184
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sweden has enjoyed peace for more than 200 years: an almost unparalleled achievement in recorded history. But the country was growing more peaceful long before its final war in 1814. Therefore the explanations for Sweden’s long peace should be traced back to the early modern era.This article argues that the strong position of the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, explains this development at least in part. There are four interacting reasons for the peaceful influence of the Riksdag, which gain theoretical support both from modern political science and the philosopher Immanuel Kant. First, the representation of broad strata of Swedish society in the Riksdag ensured that it was dominated by men who had more to lose than to win from war. Second, research has shown that states where collective decision-making is the norm are more prone to learn the lessons of war. Third, the Riksdag could channel the opposition to war. Fourth, the internal peace that the Riksdag had helped bring about was easily externalised to foreign policy as negotiations became the preferred means of conflict resolution. The article demonstrates that peace years tended to coincide with the Riksdag enjoying a strong position. Conversely, there were more wars during periods of autocratic rule.To determine the validity of this proposition attitudes to war in the Riksdag during the period 1642–1710 are investigated along with attitudes to war in a collection of Swedish proverbs from the seventeenth century. The investigation shows that attitudes towards war were more negative than positive among the society’s elite, i.e. the estates of the nobility and the clergy, and grew ever more peaceful during the course of the late 1600s. This can be seen in the replies to the royal propositions presented by these estates during the sessions of the Riksdag. It is also clear that the clergy, together with the estates of the burghers and the peasants tried to influence the rulers in a peaceful direction in different ways. Among the proverbs, negative attitudes to war were far more common than positive attitudes.Most likely the negative attitudes to war were a consequence of the heavy burdens of war that the inhabitants continued to suffer without reaping the rewards promised by the government. Furthermore, more frequent periods of peace made the subjects believe that conditions of peace, rather than war, were normal and desirable.The members of the Riksdag thus had both negative attitudes towards war and actively pursued peace. This behaviour provides support for the thesis put forward here, although there were certainly many other factors that are likely to have influenced the outcome. Further studies are required in order to reach a final conclusion on the role of popular legislative assemblies in promoting peace.
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- Linnarsson, Magnus, 1977-, et al.
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Sverige efter karolinerna : Staten, människorna och samhället efter Karl XII:s död 1718
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Ingår i: Karolinska förbundets årsbok. - 0348-9833. ; , s. 9-15
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Nästa år är det 300 år sedan Karl XII dödades vid Fredrikstens fästning i Norge. Det är ingen överdrift att påstå att kungens död i löpgraven nedanför fästningen är en av de enskilda historiska händelser som blivit mest omskriven i svensk historia. Det stora intresset har varit motiverat av flera skäl, bland annat eftersom Karl XII:s död innebar slutet för den svenska stormaktstiden och slutet på det karolinska enväldet. De förändringar som följde för den svenska staten och dess undersåtar var både omfattande och djupgående och kom i någon mening att prägla Sverige under de följande århundradena.Med Karolinska förbundets årsbok 2017 vill vi flytta fokus från den Karl XII-centrerade historieskrivning som i huvudsak varit dominerande när det gäller händelserna 1718. Årsboken är en specialutgåva där ett antal forskare medverkar. Med rubriken ”Sverige efter karolinerna – staten, människorna och samhället” vill vi bredda perspektivet på Karl XII:s död och på stora nordiska krigets slutskede. Årsboken fokuserar därför främst på de politiska och samhälleliga förändringar som enväldets fall innebar för Sverige.
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