In the Shadows of Poland and Russia The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid 17th Century 1st Edition by Andrej Kotljarchuk ISBN 9189315634 9789189315631 by Andrej Kotljarchuk 9789189315631, 9189315634 instant download after payment.

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ISBN 10: 9189315634 
ISBN 13: 9789189315631
Author: Andrej Kotljarchuk

 This book examines and analyses the Union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden signed in 1655 at Këdainiai and the political crisis that followed.

The author places the events in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the general crisis that occurred in Europe in the middle of the 17th century characterized by a great number of wars, rebellions and civil wars from Portugal to Ukraine, and which builds the background to the crisis for Lithuania and Sweden.

The conflict over Lithuania and Belarus was the main reason for the Swedish-Russian, Polish-Russian and Ukrainian-Russian wars. The failure of the Union with Sweden was caused by both internal and external factors. Internally, various ethnic, confessional and political groups within the nobility of Lithuania were split in favour of different foreign powers – from Muscovy to Transylvania. The external cause for the failure of the Union project was the failure of Swedish strategy. Sweden concentrated its activity to Poland, not to Lithuania. After the Union, Swedish authorities treated the Grand Duchy as an invaded country, not an equal. The Swedish administration introduced heavy taxation and was unable to control the brutality of the army. As a result Sweden was defeated in both Lithuania and Poland. Among the different economic, political and religious explanations of the general crisis, the case of Lithuania shows the importance of the political conflicts.

In the Shadows of Poland and Russia The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid 17th Century 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. Separatism and Policy of Poland

3. Forward Looking Security: Sweden’s Approach

4. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a Contested Territory

5. General Conclusions

6. Maps

7. Figures

8. Appendices

9. Bibliography

10. Unpublished Sources

11. Published Sources

12. Literature

13. Unpublished PhD Dissertations and Articles

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