Warrior kings of Sweden
Subtitle: the rise of an empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
By: Gary Dean Peterson.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786428731
Subjects: Sweden -- Politics and government -- 17th century; Sweden -- History, Military -- 17th century; Sweden -- Kings and rulers -- 17th century; Sweden -- Civilization -- 17th century; Sweden -- Politics and government -- 16th century; Sweden -- Kings and rulers -- 16th century; Europe -- History, Military -- 17th century; Europe -- History, Military -- 16th century
Description: "This narrative covers Sweden's Age of Greatness (1632-1718), warrior-kings who governed, chronologically describes political and religious events of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and reveals how these events produced the climate for European global expansion. It traces history through Sweden's rulers and documents cultural flowering in arts and sciences and personalities that drove Sweden's cultural progress"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.