War and peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790 / Stewart P. Oakley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oakley, Stewart P.

Series:

War in context.

War in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baltic States--History.

Baltic States.

Europe--History--17th century.

Europe.

Europe--History--18th century.

Europe, Eastern--History.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Other Title:

War and peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Describes and explains the course of the series of struggles for power among the states surrounding the Baltic between the middle of the sixteenth and end of the eighteenth century.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; THE HOUSE OF VASA; RULERS OF THE BALTIC LANDS 1560-1790; THE BALTIC 1558-1790: A CHRONICLE; INTRODUCTION; 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 (1595-1617/21); 5 THE BALTIC DURING THE THIRTY YEARS WAR (1618/21-48); 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); Epilogue THE BALTIC IN THE REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS (1790-1815); Postlude THE BALTIC IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES; NOTES AND REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-97450-7

1-134-97451-5

1-280-11263-8

0-203-98885-X

9780203988855

OCLC:

475953898