Warrior Kings of Sweden The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

"This book fills a large void in European history as it is generally presented to the American student and reader. This narrative covers Sweden's rise to power in the sixteenth century, its Age of Greatness (1632-1718) and the warrior-kings who governed that age. It chronologically describes the political and religious events of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and reveals how these events produced the climate for European global expansion, including the exploration and colonization of the New World. The story traces history through the reigns of Sweden's ambitious rulers, beginning with the presumably Swedish Goths who ravaged the Roman Empire in the 2nd century CE and continuing through the end of the empire in the early eighteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.Peterson, Gary Dean is the author of 'Warrior Kings of Sweden The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries', published 2007 under ISBN 9780786428731 and ISBN 0786428732.