Letters from Sir James Spens and Jan Rutgers - The work and correspondence
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Axel Oxenstierna, Jacob Spens & Johannes Rutgers
When Axel Oxenstierna, Chancellor of Sweden, died in 1654, Sweden was a great power. In 1612, however, when Oxenstierna took office, Sweden was on the verge of collapse. In the east, she was menaced by Muscovy, in the south-east by Poland, and in the west by Denmark. One of the means to save the Swedish realm was through active diplomacy. Two important figures in Oxenstierna's diplomatic network w
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