title: Polish-Lithuanian Mercenaries in the Service of Jacob de la Gardie
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Bohun, Tomasz
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:24:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:24:28Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bohun T. Polish-Lithuanian Mercenaries in the Service of Jacob de la Gardie. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 3, pp. 718–728.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.303
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14910
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: In the early 17th century during Swedish-Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth war there were
  very few soldiers of the Swedish army that were originally subjects to Sigmund III. This
  uncommon situation occurred because of various reasons, most notably, the core character of
  the conflict which was caused not only by the dynastic quarrel between the Polish and Swedish
  line of Vasas but also by cultural, political and religious differences. As the war in Livonia
  continued, Polish public finance system proved itself more and more inadequate. That caused
  unpaid Polish-Lithuanian soldiers to form confederations in order to make the authorities
  pay overdue wages. This rouge soldiers’ crisis was exacerbated by a new war between the
  Commonwealth of Poland and Russia (1609–1619), which increased the crime and banditry
  in the Commonwealth of Poland. The authorities were forced to form military units — partly
  from the soldiers participating in the confederates — that were sent across the eastern border.
  Interestingly, at the same time a number of Zaporozhian Cossacks and Polish cavalrymen
  joined the army of Jacob de la Gardie, which occupied the area of Great Novgorod. Troops led
  by Henryk Dembinski, Jaromir Plecki and Stanislaw Wolski were a part of Swedish fighting
  force but — as the author remarks — might also have been involved in a larger false flag
  operation planned by Lithuanian intelligence in order to undermine financial potential of
  Sweden. It is very possible that this operation was supervised by the Lithuanian hetman Jan
  Karol Chodkiewicz and/or by the starosta wieliski Aleksander Gosiewski.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Polish-Lithuanian-Swedish-Russian relations in the early 17th c.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Polish-Lithuanian-Swedish war in Livonia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: The Time of Troubles
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Swedish occupation of Novgorod
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Military confederations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Polish-Lithuanian mercenaries
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Intelligence of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Polish-Lithuanian Mercenaries in the Service of Jacob de la Gardie
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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