Denmark, 1513-1660 : the rise and decline of a Renaissance monarchy
One of the largest states in Europe, Denmark in the 16th and 17th-centuries was at the height of its influence. This work examines the unlikely career of Denmark as the major power of northern Europe, exploring its rise to the forefront of European affairs and its decline in fortunes following its disastrous involvement in the Thirty Years' War.
Ebook
ix, 279 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780199271214, 0199271216
138342370
The end of the Medieval monarchy, 1513-1536
The rebirth of the Oldenburg monarchy, 1536-1596
Reformation and culture
Commerce, rural economy, and the structure of society
The mistress of the sound : Denmark and Europe, 1513-1596
The activist monarchy of Christian IV
Baltic and German hegemonies : Denmark and Europe, 1596-1629
Church and court : culture in the age of Christian IV
The death of government by consensus, 1630-1648
State and society, centre and periphery
War and absolutism, 1648-1660