Royal Power and Bureaucracy : The Function of the Högste Ombudsman in the Last Phase of theGreat Northern War

The power struggle between the Charles XII and his bureaucracy after the crushing defeat inPoltava (1709) mainly concerned the unwillingness of the latter to raise a new army that could beshipped to Pomerania. In reaction to this disobedience the king reformed his bureaucracy.Among other things, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carpels, Simon
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Historiska institutionen 2012
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-176500