The Story of Aggressive and Violent Peasant Elites in the North

All over early modern Fennoscandia—in the areas of modern-day Norway, Sweden, and Finland—there were peasants who occupied wealthy farmsteads, held positions of trust, and had kinship networks with members of higher status groups such as local priests and

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AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT PEASANT ELITES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES, C. 1500-1700 Edited by Ulla Koskinen

World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence Series Editors Marianna Muravyeva Faculty of Law University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland Raisa Maria Toivo University of Tampere Tampere, Finland

Palgrave’s World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence seeks to publish research monographs, collections of scholarly essays, multi-­authored books, and Palgrave Pivots addressing themes and issues of interdisciplinary histories of crime, criminal justice, criminal policy, culture and violence globally and on a wide chronological scale (from the ancient to the modern period). It focuses on interdisciplinary studies, historically contextualized, across various cultures and spaces employing a wide range of methodologies and conceptual frameworks. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14383

Ulla Koskinen Editor

Aggressive and Violent Peasant Elites in the Nordic Countries, C. 1500–1700

Editor Ulla Koskinen The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Historical Research University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence ISBN 978-3-319-40687-9    ISBN 978-3-319-40688-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40688-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958288 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © INTERFOTO / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Preface

This volume is the result of collaboration between historians from Norway, Sweden and Finland who share enthusiasm for shedding new light on the social dynamics of early modern peasantry. The idea began to develop in the conference ‘Agency and State Buildin