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Scandinavia. / Olden-Jørgensen, Sebastian.
European political thought 1450-1700: Religion, law and philosophy. ed. / Howell A. Lloyd; Glenn Burgess; Simon Hodson. 1. ed. New Haven and London : Yale University Press, 2008. p. 300-331.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Scandinavia
AU - Olden-Jørgensen, Sebastian
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The political culture of Scandinavia in the later middle ages formed a common heritage of Christian limited kingship based on the law. During the century following the Reformnation the ways part. In the Danish-Norwegian union political stability in the wake of a succesful Reformation settlement ushers in a conservative political culture that hampers the development of political philosophy and limits the reception of natural law, with the partial exception of the Sorø Academy in its heyday. Sweden, on the other hand, experiences political instabilty as well as a strong development of political philosophy and a sustained reception of natural law. These difference partly explain why Danish absolutism (introduced 1660) proved so very stable while Swedish absolutism (1680-1719) after a generation led to the reestablishment of (very) limited monarchy, the so called "age of freedom".
AB - The political culture of Scandinavia in the later middle ages formed a common heritage of Christian limited kingship based on the law. During the century following the Reformnation the ways part. In the Danish-Norwegian union political stability in the wake of a succesful Reformation settlement ushers in a conservative political culture that hampers the development of political philosophy and limits the reception of natural law, with the partial exception of the Sorø Academy in its heyday. Sweden, on the other hand, experiences political instabilty as well as a strong development of political philosophy and a sustained reception of natural law. These difference partly explain why Danish absolutism (introduced 1660) proved so very stable while Swedish absolutism (1680-1719) after a generation led to the reestablishment of (very) limited monarchy, the so called "age of freedom".
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Skandinavien
KW - politisk kultur
KW - politisk idehistorie
KW - enevælde
KW - adelsvælde
KW - kongedømme
KW - 1450-1700
KW - Danmark
KW - Sverige
KW - Norge
KW - religion
KW - lov
KW - filosofi
KW - naturret
KW - Sorø Akademi
KW - Uppsala
KW - Scandinavia
KW - political culture
KW - political thought
KW - absolutism
KW - constitutionalism
KW - kingship
KW - 1450-1700
KW - limited monarchy
KW - Denmark
KW - Sweden
KW - Norway
KW - religion
KW - law
KW - philosophy
KW - natural law
KW - Sorø Academy
KW - Uppsala
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-0-300-11266-5
SP - 300
EP - 331
BT - European political thought 1450-1700
A2 - Lloyd, Howell A.
A2 - Burgess, Glenn
A2 - Hodson, Simon
PB - Yale University Press
CY - New Haven and London
ER -
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