Personal Agency at the Swedish Age of Greatness 1560-1720

Karonen, Petri; Hakanen, Marko
Title: Personal Agency at the Swedish Age of Greatness 1560-1720
Authors: Karonen, Petri (Editor)
Hakanen, Marko (Editor)
Product number: 9789522228826
Product form: Paperback
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Price: 45,00 € (40,91 € vat 0 %)

Publ. product code: 1297243
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Series: Studia Fennica Historica 23
Edition: 2017
Publication year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 304
Product family: History
Studia Fennica Historica
Books in English
Finnish library classification: 93.1 Ruotsin historia
YSO - General Finnish ontology: historia, suurvalta-aika, toimijuus, valtaneuvokset (Ruotsi)
Key words: Agency, Early modern period, Interaction, Officials, State building
Personal Agency at the Swedish Age of Greatness 1560-1720 provides fresh insights into the state-building process in Sweden. During this transitional period, many far-reaching administrative reforms were carried out, and the Swedish state developed into a prime example of the "power-state."

In early modern studies, agency has long remained in the shadow of the study of structures and institutions. State building in Sweden was a more diversified and personalized process than has previously been assumed. Numerous individuals were also important actors in the process, and that development itself was not straightforward progression at the macro-level but was intertwined with lower-level actors.