Personal Agency at the Swedish Age of Greatness 1560-1720

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.

About the author

Petri Karonen, Professor of Finnish History, Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Product details

• Assisted by: Marko (Editor), Marko (Editor), Hakanen Marko (Editor), Karone Petri (Editor), Karonen Petri (Editor)
• Publisher: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2017
• EAN: 9789522228826
• ISBN: 978-952-222-882-6
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 250 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Studia Fennica Historica
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories