Mercenary Swedes
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Mercenary Swedes

French Subsidies to Sweden 1631-1796

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Mercenary Swedes

French Subsidies to Sweden 1631-1796

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Four hundred years ago, France persuaded Sweden to fight on its side against Germany in the war between Protestant and Catholic states. Rather than some lofty purpose, what convinced Sweden was money. Under the 1631 agreement, Sweden received French subsidies to the tune of 400, 000 riksdaler a year for five years. This was only the first in a long line of subsidy agreements between the countries. Sweden enjoyed French largesse for no fewer than 166 years. In this wide-ranging international study, Svante Norrhem traces the patterns of cooperation between the two countries. With his unique command of the archival material, he discusses the reasons for the agreements and the mutual dependency that resulted.

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Year
2019
ISBN
9789188661838

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1. Subsidies—an introduction
  7. 2. Treaties, context, and content
  8. 3. Subsidies, dependence, and independence
  9. 4. Subsidies and honour
  10. 5. French objectives and interests
  11. 6. Rivalries, conflicts, and complications
  12. 7. Subsidies, history, and enduring friendship
  13. 8. Subsidies, resistance, and criticism
  14. 9. The impact of subsidies—migration, mobility, and mortality
  15. 10. The impact of subsidies—three case studies
  16. 11. Concluding discussion
  17. Notes
  18. References