Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Before the Middle Ages -- The Middle Ages in Sweden (1100-1500 AD) -- Modernism and signs of national cohesion in the 16th Century -- Age of greatness : Sweden as a European power -- Rocking in a loss of way (1648-1810) -- The Swedes…
Introduction: scholars, reformers, and the diocese of Turku -- The church and medieval FInland -- Finland and Gustav Vasa's Reformation by crisis -- Reformation by coexistence -- The creation of a royal church -- A Reformation in reverse? -- The vernacular Reformation -- Schools…
"Jason Lavery examines the Reformation in the Diocese of Turku during the reign of King Gustav Vasa (r. 1523-1560). This diocese, covering a territory better known then and now as Finland, encompassed the Swedish kingdom east of the Gulf of Bothnia. The Reformation in Finland wa…
"This book fills a gap in the existing literature on the Second World War by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues, dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by Sweden during the conflict. Interest in Sweden's wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war pr…
This book fills a gap in the existing literature on the Second World War by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues, dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by Sweden during the conflict. Interest in Sweden's wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war pro…
"Why are citizens in some countries more willing to pay taxes than in other countries? This book examines the history of the relationship between citizens and their states in five countries, (Sweden, Britain, Italy, Romania, and the United States), and demonstrates how and why p…