Unfaithful and Expensive – but Absolutely Necessary: Perceptions of Mercenaries in Swedish War Policy, 1621-1636 (notice n° 1423561)
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| Personal name | Linnarsson, Magnus |
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| Title | Unfaithful and Expensive – but Absolutely Necessary: Perceptions of Mercenaries in Swedish War Policy, 1621-1636 |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2014.<br/> |
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| General note | 26 |
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| Summary, etc. | This article examines the Swedish State Council’s descriptions and perceptions of mercenaries between 1621 and 1636. The survey shows that the Council described the mercenaries as unfaithful, unreliable and expensive. In its discussions, conscripted Swedish troops are said to be better than hired mercenaries. The State Council’s perception of mercenaries confirms a paradox in military history. During the period examined, mercenaries constituted a considerable part of fighting forces, not least in the Swedish army. This study, therefore, shows how an ideal of soldier recruitment collided with political reality. In so doing, this article also reviews British political scientist Sarah Percy’s thesis of a norm against the use of mercenaries. Percy has argued that such a norm has put restrictions on the use of mercenaries since the Middle Ages. A review of the Swedish source material found that this norm existed on a discursive level, but that it did not have any real impact on troop recruitment during the period studied. |
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| Summary, etc. | Cet article porte sur la manière dont le Conseil d’État de Suède décrit et perçoit les mercenaires entre 1621 et 1636. L’enquête montre que le Conseil considère les mercenaires comme infidèles, peu fiables et couteux. Au cours des discussions, il ressort que les troupes de conscrits suédois sont considérées comme étant de meilleure qualité que les mercenaires qui sont loués. La perception des mercenaires par le Conseil confirme un paradoxe de l’histoire militaire. Pendant la période étudiée, les mercenaires constituent une part très importante des forces combattantes, notamment dans l’armée suédoise. Cette étude par conséquent montre comment l’idéal du recrutement des soldats entre en contradiction avec la réalité politique. L’article permet aussi un réexamen de la thèse de la politiste britannique Sarah Percy selon laquelle l’opposition à l’utilisation des mercenaires était la norme. Selon elle une telle manière de penser a mis des restrictions à l’utilisation des mercenaires depuis le Moyen Âge. À la lumière de l’étude des archives suédoises, il ressort que cette norme peut être trouvée dans le discours, mais qu’elle n’a eu aucun impact réel sur le recrutement des troupes pendant la période qui est étudiée. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | entrepreneurs militaires |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | histoire militaire |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Machiavel |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | mercenaires |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | normes |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | recrutement des troupes |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Suède |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | administration |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Machiavelli |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | mercenaries |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | military entrepreneurs |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | military history |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | norms |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sweden |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | troop recruitment |
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| Note | Nordic Historical Review | 18 | 1 | 2014-02-26 | p. 51-73 |
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