
Looted Libraries, Looted Books
The Swedish Case
Peter Sjoekvist(Autor*in)
Brill (Verlag)
Erschienen am 5. Dezember 2024
Buch
Softcover
112 Seiten
978-90-04-71566-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Supported by the legal ideas of Hugo Grotius, the Swedish armies exploited opportunities to seize books as spoils of war from conquered enemies to an unparalleled degree in the seventeenth century. They took books from countries such as today's Latvia, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Denmark, distributing the goods to recently founded institutions and private manors in their native country. In Looted Libraries, Looted Books - The Swedish Case, Peter Sjoekvist gives a summarizing overview of these plunders: from which regions and owners full libraries or selected books were taken during the conflicts, where they subsequently tended to end up when arriving in Sweden, and how they have been received and curated over the years. It is argued that it can be questioned whether large portions of the spoils have served any proper user needs in their new contexts.
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Reihe
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Leiden
Niederlande
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Maße
Höhe: 232 mm
Breite: 151 mm
Dicke: 11 mm
Gewicht
174 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-71566-0 (9789004715660)
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Person
Peter Sjoekvist, Ph.D. (1974, Uppsala University) is Rare Books Librarian and Associate Professor of Latin at Uppsala University. His publications include several articles on books looted by Sweden in the early modern period.
Inhalt
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
?1?A History of Swedish Book Spoliation
?2?Reception and Curation
?3?Grotius, Peace Treaties, and Claims for Restitution
?4?Destruction and Dispersal of Looted Books
?5?Literary Spoils of War in Sweden
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Introduction
?1?A History of Swedish Book Spoliation
?2?Reception and Curation
?3?Grotius, Peace Treaties, and Claims for Restitution
?4?Destruction and Dispersal of Looted Books
?5?Literary Spoils of War in Sweden
Conclusion
Bibliography