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«Widrige Winde»: Der Abbruch der schonischen Expedition aus der Sicht des preußischen Gesandten, des Freiherrn Friedrich Ernst von Cnyphausen

2017

There are two interpretations of Peter the Great’s motives for refusing to land on the Swedish island of Schonen in historiography: that the tsar feared unforeseen military risks and that he did not trust his allies, Denmark and Great Britain. In this article, the author attempts to analyse in a more detailed way the reasons and consequences for the mistrust in the Northern Alliance by looking at communications by Baron Friedrich Ernst von Cnyphausen, the Prussian ambassador in Copenhagen. It is shown that the Russophobic hysteria which grasped the Danish royal court in September 1716 looks completely irrational when we consider parallel attitudes in the Prussian court. Cnyphausen does not …

Cultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageHistoryHistoryLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Artsистория России и Европы XVIII в.; Северная война; Ф. Кнюпгаузен; Шонский десант; Петр I; антирусская истерия.HistoriographyHysteriaMilitary strengthmedicine.diseaseLanguage and Linguisticslanguage.human_languageDanishAllianceSpanish Civil WarEurope and Russia in the 18th century; the Northern War; F. Cnyphausen; landing on Schonen; Tsar Peter I; Russophobic hysteria.Irrational numberLawlanguagemedicineClassicsQuaestio Rossica
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