Synopses & Reviews
Essays, by the doyen of historians of Sweden, on Oxenstierna, Charles X and Charles XII.
Synopsis
The core of this volume of four essays, by the doyen of historians of Sweden, consists in two studies of Charles X: one, an examination of his domestic policies and constitutional significance; the other, a discussion of the objectives of his foreign policy.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Oxenstierna in Germany, 1633-1636; 2. Charles X and his council: 'dualism' or co-operation?; 3. Charles X and the great parenthesis: a reconstruction; 4. The Dubious hand: the history of a controversy.