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Tango01 | 02 Jul 2015 3:27 p.m. PST |
… Swedish army during the GNW. "Kalle Kroon kindly permitted me to place in my blog his very interesting material about Baltic troops in Swedish army during the Great Northern war 1700-1721. Source: Kroon K. „As a good and faithful servant." Estonians and Latvians in the Carolinean Swedish army at the end of the 17th century and the Great Northern War with the reforms of King Charles XI as background. // Revue D'Histoire Nordique. Volume 18. 2014. PP. 75-98. As a part of integration process, during the rule of Charles XI and Charles XII the Swedish peasants' right for free access to serve in the army as well as the commitment to do so had transferred to Swedish oversea provinces Estonia and Livonia, and during the Great Northern War conscription created the national line infantry which had similar maintenance traits to Swedish infantry allotment system. As those troops were regulated line troops, maintained through constant flow of goodqualified recruits, the historical term "land-militia" is not properly suitable in this context.Also, at least two units, battalions of Saaremaa and von Hüene in Tallinn, consisted of Estonian peasants, were established as permanent troops in war as peace times. This kind of national mobilization was a new aspect in local provincial societies…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
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