I. Poland, Russia and the Treaty of Vienna of 5 January 1719
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8955872 |
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| Authors | L R Lewitter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-30 |
| Publication date | 1970-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00009067 |
| OpenAlex | W1989986788 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
A foreigner, an elector of the empire, a dual sovereign cast in the double role of absolute monarch in Saxony and constitutional ruler in Poland-Lithuania, Augustus II was Poland's George I. In the last septennium of the Great Northern War the two kings, united by a formal defensive treaty of a local character and by the bonds of the loosely knit northern alliance, pursued analogous aims in relation to Sweden: what Livonia was to the one, Bremen with Verden was to the other. The disintegration of the northern alliance in September 1716 in the thick of the preparations for a Russo-Danish landing in Sweden opened the way for negotiations leading to a separate peace between Charles XII and Peter I at the expense of the remaining northern allies. The northern crisis had begun
Alliance · Ancient history · Character (mathematics · Danish · Economic history · Empire · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Ruler · Sovereignty · Treaty · Central European and Russian historical studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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