Secretaries as Agents in the Middle of Power Structures (1560-1680)

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Personal Agency and State Building in Sweden (1560-1720)

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Vallan verkostoissa : Per Brahe ja hänen klienttinsä 1600-luvun Ruotsin valtakunnassa

Kuinka mitata yliopiston vuorovaikutusta, vaikuttavuutta ja kolmatta tehtävää?

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From “friends” to “patrons”

In this article, we examine a period when Sweden took a leap from a locally-oriented power structure to a more centralised state. This meant a profound social change. We concentrate on the connection between changes in rhetoric and changes in society that took place in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Our point of departure is that, in rhetoric, there occurred a shift in balance from the rhetoric of friendship to the rhetoric of patronage. In the context of Sweden and Finland, we discuss whether this was linked to changes in administration and in the social order as a whole. Were there any real changes behind this rhetorical transition? Our source material provides a glimpse into wh…

The Gentle Art of Counselling Monarchs (1560-1655)

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"Teidän nöyrin palvelijanne niin kauan kuin elän" : klienttijärjestelmä 1600-luvun Ruotsissa