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Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (2024)
Kuha, M., & Karonen, P. (Eds.). (2024). Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations?. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Kuha, Miia; Karonen, Petri
ISBN: 978-1-032-11290-9
eISBN: 978-1-003-21925-5
Publication year: 2024
Publication date: 25/08/2023
Number of pages in the book: 266
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: London
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255
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Abstract
In the early modern era, two Nordic countries that are neighbours today, Sweden and Finland, formed one realm. Yet, modern history writing has largely ignored this unity, instead developing analysis and discussion in close connection to nationalistic ideas, national politics, and processes of state-building. Historians of both countries have therefore mostly approached their common past separately and academic history in both countries has taken its own course of development, leading to different emphases.
This volume explores the common early modern history between Sweden and Finland from the Middle Ages to beginning of the 19th century, and how this history has been created in professional historiography (1860–2020), which methods have been used, and which themes studied. Based on extensive source material, including a database of history publications in different fields in both countries, this book offers a fresh scholarly approach to the study of historiography through a unique comparative perspective.
This book is an excellent resource for students and professional researchers alike through providing an alternate view on the history of Sweden and Finland and providing key insight into the historiography of these two countries, and the similarities and differences they showcase.
This volume explores the common early modern history between Sweden and Finland from the Middle Ages to beginning of the 19th century, and how this history has been created in professional historiography (1860–2020), which methods have been used, and which themes studied. Based on extensive source material, including a database of history publications in different fields in both countries, this book offers a fresh scholarly approach to the study of historiography through a unique comparative perspective.
This book is an excellent resource for students and professional researchers alike through providing an alternate view on the history of Sweden and Finland and providing key insight into the historiography of these two countries, and the similarities and differences they showcase.
Keywords: history; historiography; historical research; Early modern age; Modern age; period of Swedish rule in Finland; interpretation (cognition); research methods
Free keywords: European history; early modern history 1500-1750; early modern Europe; modern history 1750-1945; historiography; history; humanities history - theory, method & historiography; Sweden; Finland
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- The common past, different points of view. Bibliometric and qualitative study on the historiography of the common history of Sweden and Finland, ca. 1860 - 2020
- Karonen, Petri
- Kone Foundation
Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2024
Preliminary JUFO rating: 3
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This publication includes articles with JYU authors:
- Jarlert, A., & Tammela, J. (2024). Church history of the Swedish realm, 1520–1809. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 98-118). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-8
- Kuha, M. (2024). Cultural–historical approaches in Finnish and Swedish early modern research. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 230-247). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-16
- Räihä, A. (2024). Early modern Swedish state-building in Swedish and Finnish historiography. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 39-54). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-5
- Kuha, M., & Karonen, P. (2024). Introduction : comparing Swedish and Finnish historiographies on the early modern Swedish realm. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 3-12). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-2
- Karonen, P. (2024). Research on early modern Sweden : resources, research areas, and prominent scholars, 1850–2020. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 13-35). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-3
- Impola, P. (2024). The Finnish and Swedish historiography of the early modern Swedish patriarchal estate society : individuals, social groups, household, and gender in dissertations, 1850–2020. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 121-149). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-10
- Karonen, P. (2024). The rise and fall of the Swedish Empire : causes and explanations. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 80-97). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-7
- Enflo, K., Ojala, J., & Gustafsson, J.-P. (2024). United and divided : early modern economic history in Finnish and Swedish academic literature. In M. Kuha, & P. Karonen (Eds.), Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809 : Shared Past, Different Interpretations? (pp. 171-195). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219255-12
