Warrior kings of Sweden
| Titel: | Warrior kings of Sweden : the rise of an empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Gary Dean Peterson |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Jefferson, NC. [u.a.] : McFarland, 2007 |
| Umfang: | VIII, 300 S. : Ill., Kt. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780786428731 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- Preface
- p. 1
- Introduction
- p. 3
- 1
- First Kings of a United Sweden
- p. 5
- 2
- The Kalmar Union
- p. 15
- 3
- Gustav Vasa's Rise to Power and Swedish Independence
- p. 22
- 4
- King Gustav I
- p. 33
- 5
- War Debt and the Reformation
- p. 44
- 6
- Succession and Civil War
- p. 53
- 7
- Erik XIV and the First Northern War
- p. 63
- 8
- King Johan III and the End of the First Northern War
- p. 77
- 9
- A Swedish Prince on the Polish Throne and the Second Northern War
- p. 87
- 10
- Sigismund III and Wars in the North
- p. 99
- 11
- Karl IX and the Second Polish War
- p. 108
- 12
- Gustav Adolf's Rise to Power
- p. 116
- 13
- Gustav Builds His Army
- p. 122
- 14
- Gustav Extends Swedish Power in Livonia and Prussia
- p. 138
- 15
- Gustav Enters Germany and the Thirty Years' War
- p. 151
- 16
- Gustav's Court on the Rhine and the Battle of Lutzen
- p. 166
- 17
- Oxenstierna Takes Control and Prosecutes the War in Germany
- p. 174
- 18
- War with Denmark as the Thirty Years' War Winds Down
- p. 184
- 19
- Queen Christina and the Athens of the North
- p. 188
- 20
- Karl X - The Swedish Empire at Its Height
- p. 200
- 21
- Sweden's Colonies and New Sweden in America
- p. 213
- 22
- Karl XI and the Scanian War
- p. 233
- 23
- Karl XII and the Great Northern War
- p. 242
- 24
- Karl XII and War in Poland
- p. 251
- 25
- Karl XII's Russian Campaign
- p. 262
- 26
- The End of Empire
- p. 270
- Epilogue
- p. 278
- Notes
- p. 283
- Bibliography
- p. 285
- Index
- p. 289
