num_pages: 416
description: This book provides an accessible study of the neglected but highly important series of wars fought for control of the Baltic and Northeastern Europe during the period 1558-1721. It is the first comprehensive history which considers the revolution in military strategy which took place in the battlefields of Eastern Europe. Robert Frost examines the impact of war on the very different social and political systems of Sweden, Denmark, Poland-Lithuania and Russia and he explains why it was Russia that emerged victorious from these wars. Based on extensive primary and secondary research (including much material that is unfamiliar in English) this book makes an important contribution to the debate on military change and political development in early modern Europe.
language: English
title: The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721
titlecomplete: The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721 (Modern Wars in Perspective series)
characters: Peter the Great, Louis XIV of France, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Christian IV of Denmark, Mikhail Shein, Zygmunt II August, Charles XII of Sweden, John II Casimir Vasa, John III Sobieski, Frederick II of Denmark, Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Sigismund III Vasa, Charles XI of Sweden, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Stephen Báthory, Axel Oxenstierna, Charles IX of Sweden, John III of Sweden, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Gustav I of Sweden, Eric XIV of Sweden, Ivan the Terrible, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Augustus II the Strong, Alexis of Russia, Stanisław Leszczyński, Władysław IV Vasa
genres: Military History, History, European History, War, Russia, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 53
series: Modern Wars in Perspective
publisher: Longman