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- Charpentier Ljungqvist, Fredrik, 1982-, et al.
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Histoire du climat du Royaume de Suède à l’époque modern : [Climate hisotry of the early modern Swedish Realm]
- 2018
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Ingår i: Revue d’Histoire Nordique. - 1778-9605. ; 27, s. 201-226
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this article, we assess the scholarship of climate history in the former Swedish Realm (roughly, present-day Sweden, Finland, and Estonia) during the early modern period. Climate history research has primarily focused on consequences of climate change and variability on human history, but also on producing documentary-based reconstructions of past climate. Recent advances in palaeo-climatology, in particular dendroclimatology, during the past two to three decades, have made it possible to study climate impacts on early modern history. However, while the field of climate history has developed substantially in much of Europe, it remains rather underdeveloped and has drawn limited intetest in the Nordic countries. Apart from some recent studies for Finland, the climate history of the former Swedish Realm falls short of the standards of the field in contemporary European scholarship. Existing scholarship has nevertheless demonstrated the link between cold springs and summers and poor harvests, particuiar in Finland, but few studies have assessed the effects of climate on society outside of periods of severe food shortage or famines. The article concludes with outlines and reflections for future scholarship in climate history of the early modern Swedish Realm.
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- Ekholst, Christine
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Defending one’s rights. Aspects of Violence, Honor and Gender in Swedish Medieval Laws
- 2007
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Ingår i: Revue d'histoire nordique / Nordic historical review. - 1778-9605. ; :4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article follows the research of Claude Gauvard, who argues that medieval violence was not a marginal phenomenon, but on the contrary defined social relationships, identities, and hierarchies. The first part of the article, based on a study of law codes understood as sources of ideology and mentality, confirms that masculin honour was based on the need to physcially respond to offenses, while feminine honor was based on the need to defend the pure nature of a woman’s sexuality, with the former thus as active and the second passive. The author nuances, however, this traditional approach by highlighting the fact that in certain cases, women were allowed to use force to defend their physical integrity or to take revenge, but without being able to fully adopt the masculine system of honour because their rights were more limited and they depended on their status as spouses.Thus, women had a contradictory and ambiguous status in medieval Swedish law codes.At the end of the 14th century, the Church and the king sought to reduce the right to vengeance and to change the concept of honour.
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- Linnarsson, Magnus, 1977-
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Unfaithful and expensive – but absolutely necessary : Perceptions of mercenaries in Swedish war policy, 1621–1636
- 2015
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Ingår i: Revue d'histoire Nordique. - 1778-9605. ; :18, s. 51-73
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines the Swedish State Council’s descriptions and perceptions of mercenaries between 1621 and 1636. The survey shows that the Council described the mercenaries as unfaithful, unreliable and expensive. In its discussions, conscripted Swedish troops are said to be better than hired mercenaries. The State Council’s perception of mercenaries confirms a paradox in military history. During the period examined, mercenaries constituted a considerable part of fighting forces, not least in the Swedish army. This study, therefore, shows how an ideal of soldier recruitment collided with political reality. In so doing, this article also reviews British political scientist Sarah Percy’s thesis of a norm against the use of mercenaries. Percy has argued that such a norm has put restrictions on the use of mercenaries since the Middle Ages. A review of the Swedish source material found that this norm existed on a discursive level, but that it did not have any real impact on troop recruitment during the period studied.
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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
- 2015
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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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- Söderberg, Johan, 1950-
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A Stagnating City : Stockholm in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
- 2009
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Ingår i: Revue d’Histoire Nordique. - Toulouse : Université Toulouse Il-Le Mirail. - 1778-9605. ; :6-7, s. 227-246
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- During the first half of the nineteenth century, Stockholm experienced serious economic and demographic problems. Sweden as a whole entered a new phase of economic growth, but Stockholm was stagnating.The death rate in the capital was extremely high in comparison with most European cities. A high proportion of children were born out of wedlock. The textile industry declined, and there was little expansion in other branches of industry. Seasonal unemployment was high. On the other hand, new patterns of consumption were emerging, real wages were beginning to rise. Some measures were taken in order to reduce unemployment during winter. Fearing food riots, King Jean Baptiste initiated public works financed by private loans from him in 1817 to ease unemployment among sailors and building workers. Stockholm’s situation is discussed in a regional and comparative perspective.
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- Söderberg, Johan, 1950-
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L’économie pré-industrielle en Suède jusqu’en 1720
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Ingår i: Revue d'Histoire Nordique. - Toulouse : Université Toulouse Il-Le Mirail. - 1778-9605. ; 1:1, s. 38-53-146-147
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