Sweden, Russia, and the 1617 Peace of Stolbovo

In 1617, after seven years of war between Sweden and Russia and talks facilitated by English and Dutch diplomats, the peace treaty of Stolbovo was signed. This important but little-studied document was to form the basis for relationships between Sweden and Russia for the next one hundred years, before it was replaced by the Peace of Nystad in 1721, and it had a huge influence on the lives of the people who lived in the region. This wide-ranging volume draws together contributions by scholars from Britain, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Russia, and Finland to offer new insights into, and analysis of this peace treaty and its impact on the wider region during the seventeenth century. Covering disciplines including political and economic history, church history, and Slavonic and Classical philology, the chapters gathered here shed new light on, and provide a new understanding of, the Early Modern period in the Baltic Sea area. Front Matter Arne Jönsson and Arsenii Vetushko-Kalevich. Introduction STEVE MURDOCH. Stolbovo in Perspective. Jacobean Diplomacy in the Baltic Region, 1589–1618 KRISTIAN GERNER. The Dutch Republic, Sweden, and Moscow. The Dream of the Russian Market STEFAN TROEBST. Cartographic Knowledge and Geographic Ignorance. Karelia and the Cap of the North in the SwedishImagination around 1600 ADRIAN SELIN. The Stolbovo Treaty and Tracing the Border in Ingria in 1617–1618 ALEXANDER TOLSTIKOV. The Symbolic Uses of the Early Modern Russo-Swedish Border ELISABETH LÖfSTRAND. Ryssgården. The Russian Factory in Stockholm in the Seventeenth Century ENN KÜNG. The Treaty of Stolbovo and Tallinn’s Customs Rental Agreement (1623–1629) ÜLLE TARkIAINEN. Influence of the Peace of Stolbovo on Estonia and Livonia KASPER KEPSU. Ingria as a Swedish Province in the Seventeenth Century STEfAN HERF235URTH. The Treaty of Stolbovo and Its Impact on Narva’s Urban Development ALEXANDER I. PERESWETOFF-MORATH. Petitions, Letters, Wills, and Receipts. A First Road Map to The King’s Russian-Writing Subjects in Swedish Ingria, 1617–1656 KARI TARKIAINEN. The Mosaic of Knowledge about Muscovy in Sweden in the Great Power Era DAVID GUDMUNDSSON. Superstitious Christians. Lutheran Views on the Russian Orthodox Church in the Swedish Great Power Era PER STOBAEUS. The Peace of Stolbovo as Reflected in the De la Gardie Archives. Some Manuscript Examples ARSENII VETUSHKO-KALEVICH. Historia Vladislai by Stanisław Kobierzycki as a Source of Historia Belli Sveco-Moscovitici by Johannes Widekindi GENNADY KOVALENkO. The Treaty of Stolbovo. A Failure or Success of Russian Diplomacy? Back Matter