Author: VoltairePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The History of Charles XII, King of Sweden
Author: VoltaireThe History of Charles XII, King of Sweden
Author: VoltairePublisher: Ravenio Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This classic is organized as follows: I. Outline of Swedish history up to the time of Charles XI—Charles’s education—His enemies—Character-sketch of the Czar, Peter Alexiowitz—His peculiarities—Alliance of Russia, Poland, Denmark against Charles XII. II. Sudden and extraordinary transformation in the character of Charles XII—At the age of eighteen he carries on war with Denmark, Poland and Russia—He concludes the war with Denmark in six weeks—Beats an army of 80,000 Russians with 8,000 Swedes, and proceeds to Poland—Description of Poland and its Government—Charles wins several victories, and conquers Poland, where he makes preparations to nominate a king. III. Stanislas Leczinski chosen King of Poland—Death of the Cardinal-Primate—Great retreat of General Schullemburg—Exploits of the Czar—Foundation of Petersburg—Charles’s entry into Saxony—The peace of Altranstadt—Augustus abdicates in favour of Stanislas—General Patkul, the Czar’s plenipotentiary, is broken on the wheel, and quartered—Charles receives the ambassadors of foreign princes in Saxony—He also goes to Dresden to see Augustus before his departure. IV. Charles leaves Saxony—Pursues the Czar—Advances into Ukrania—His losses and wounds, and the battle of Pultowa—The consequences of the battle—Charles forced to escape into Turkey—His reception in Bessarabia. V. The state of the Ottoman Porte—Charles retires to Bender—His occupations—His intrigues at the Porte—His plans—Augustus restored—The King of Denmark attacks Sweden—All the King’s other territories are invaded—The Czar keeps festival at Moscow—The affair of Pruth—History of the Czarina. VI. Intrigues at the Porte—The Kan of Tartary and the Pasha of Bender try to force Charles to depart—He defends himself with forty servants against their whole army. VII. The Turks remove Charles to Demirtash—King Stanislas is seized at the same time—Bold action of M. de Villelongue—Revolutions in the seraglio—Battles in Pomerania—Altena is burnt by the Swedes—Charles returns to his kingdom—His strange method of travelling—His arrival at Straelsund—The state of Europe at that time—The losses of King Charles—The successes of Peter the Great—His triumphal entry into Petersburg. VIII. Charles marries his sister to the Prince of Hesse—He is besieged in Stralsund and escapes to Sweden—The enterprise of Baron Gortz his premier—Plans of reconciliation with the Czar—An attack on England—Charles besieges Frederickshal in Norway—He is killed—His character—Gortz is beheaded.
The History of Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden
Author: VoltaireThe History of Charles XII. King of Sweden
Author: VoltaireHistory of Charles XII
Author: VoltaireCharles XII
Author: John HattendorfPublisher: Protagonists of History in International Perspective
ISBN: 9789490258191
Category : Europe, Northern
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
For centuries, Charles XII has mainly been seen in the context of Sweden's national experience, yet his activities stretched across the European continent from Russia and Denmark to Germany, Austria, Poland, Ukraine, and the Ottoman Empire. Even the Dutch Republic, Britain, and France became involved diplomatically and economically. In this volume, 20 scholars from 12 different countries contribute to creating a broader perspective on Charles XII and the Great Northern War in European history. The contributors to this volume expand the scope of international research on Charles XII and his time by examining not only his victories and defeats but the king's impact in other areas as well.
Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire, 1682-1719
Author: Robert Nisbet BainPublisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's sons
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
By Defeating My Enemies
Author: Michael GlaeserPublisher: Century of the Soldier
ISBN: 9781913336462
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
By Defeating My Enemies looks at the life and reign of Charles XII of Sweden and provides context and reassessment of his military career in the Great Northern War.
Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1660-1697
Author: Anthony F. UptonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The reading public outside Sweden knows little of that country's history, beyond the dramatic and short-lived era in the seventeenth century when Sweden under Gustavus Adolphus became a major European power by her intervention in the Thirty Years War. In the last decades of the seventeenth century another Swedish king, Charles XI, launched a less dramatic but remarkable bid to stabilize and secure Sweden's position as a major power in northern Europe and as master of the Baltic Sea. This project, which is almost unknown to students of history outside Sweden, involved a comprehensive overhaul of the government and institutions of the kingdom, on the basis of establishing Sweden as a model of absolute monarchy. This 1998 book gives an account of what was achieved under the absolutist direction of a distinctly unglamorous, but pious and conscientious ruler.
Charles XII of Sweden
Author: Ragnhild Marie HattonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kings and rulers
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description