Swedish Naval Administration, 1521-1721

Resource Flows and Organisational Capabilities
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17916-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 46, 816 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 1450 g

Reihe: The Northern World

This book is a long-term study of organisational capabilities as parts of early modern state formation. Sweden was a largely non-maritime society which nevertheless maintained a large navy as part of the armed forces which created a Baltic empire. Many of the resources came from the peasant society which was exploited in an entrepreneurial fashion by a highly ambitious dynasty. For a long time Sweden was organisationally more advanced than its neighbours but the empire ceased to grow and finally collapsed when other Northern powers developed strong states. The book provides detailed information about the strength of the navy in terms of warships, equipment, guns and men and it relates changes in size and structure to changes in policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glete, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Verwaltung, Streitkräfte (Militärwesen)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. xi
List of Tables and Diagrams. xiii
Maps. xv
Abbreviations. xix
Terms and Explanations. xxi

1. Resources, organisational capabilities and control of the sea. 1
2. The Swedish dynastic state and its navy. 51
3. Naval operations and control of the Baltic Sea 135
4. Swedish naval administration: Scope, complexity, and structures. 241
5. Warships and naval strength. 313
6. Cordage and canvas: Fitting out the navy. 449
7. Bronze and iron: Swedish naval ordnance. 505
8. A peasant society at sea: Men, leaders, and provisioning. 575
9. Conclusion: Power through Organisation. 645

Appendices
1 List of Swedish warships, 1521–1721. 675
2 Swedish naval strength, divided in different sizes of warships, 1520–1721. 735
Bibliography. 745
Index. 771

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Glete, Ph.D. (1975) in History, Stockholm University, was Professor of History at Stockholm University. He published extensively on economic history, international naval history and early modern European state formation.