9 December: birth of Gustavus Adolphus. Peace of Teusina between Sweden and Russia. Deposition of Sigismund III; usurpation of Charles IX. Charles IX invades Livonia. Catastrophic defeat of Swedes at Kirkholm. Charles IX intervenes in ...

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Gustavus Adolphus (1594--1632) dominated his age: he made Sweden the leading power of Northern Europe, was the principal upholder of the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years War, and was a great administrator as well as a brilliant soldier. His toleration and reforms helped define the development of the modern state. This concise study of his career, by the doyen of modern historians of the North, appeared in 1973. Long unavailable but now revised, expanded, updated and reset, it makes a welcome return in Profiles in Power.

Gustavus Adolphus (1594--1632) dominated his age: he made Sweden the leading power of Northern Europe, was the principal upholder of the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years War, and was a great administrator as well as a brilliant soldier.

Author: Michael Roberts

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Gustavus Adolphus (1594--1632) dominated his age: he made Sweden the leading power of Northern Europe, was the principal upholder of the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years War, and was a great administrator as well as a brilliant soldier. His toleration and reforms helped define the development of the modern state. This concise study of his career, by the doyen of modern historians of the North, appeared in 1973. Long unavailable but now revised, expanded, updated and reset, it makes a welcome return in Profiles in Power.

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1162 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS , History of , to which is prefixed an Essay on the Military State of Europe early in the ... 1885 58 1165 Gustavas Adolphus and the Struggle of Protestantism , by C. R. L. FLETCHER , Oxford , illustrated , 12mo ...

Author: Francis Edwards (Firm)

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Gustavas . 4233 0. – Laureate Bust to left , “ Gustavas . Vasa . ” R. – Female seated , “ Britannicus . ” Ex . “ 1777. ” Gustavus . 4234 0. – Laureate Bust to left of George II . , “ Gustavus Adolphus .

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Members - Augsburg , Concordia , Gustavus Adolphus , Hamline , Macalester , St. John's , St. Mary's , St. Thomas , U. of Minnesota ( Duluth Branch ) . Football Champions - St . Olaf 1923 ; Carleton 1924 ; Macalester 1925 ; Gustavus ...

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GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS . " The ' foremost man ' of all this modern world . ” — MAJ . - GEN . MITCHELL , B.A. " Anderson . Behold , my lord , behold the sons of war , Of triumph , turn to tears ; while , from that eye , All Sweden takes her ...

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... the colonies and , 714 Brahe , Ebba , and Gustavus Adolphus , 178 Per , Oxenstierna and , 569 ; defends the Swedish peninsula , 584 ; 590 Tycho , claim of , to distinction , 562 Bramhall , John , Archbishop of Armagh , 520 Brandeis ...

Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton

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"The Cambridge Modern History" is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century age of Discovery, published by the Cambridge University Press in the United Kingdom and also in the United States.

Author: Theodore Ayrault Dodge

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Gustavas Adolphus did extraordinary services for the improvement of Swedish trade and Axel Oxenstierna likewise . “ The kingdom's welfare depends upon trade and shipping " was a pronouncement often heard from Gustavus Adolphus . а Side ...

Author: Axel Johan Josef Guinchard

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