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Spoils of Knowledge
Seventeenth-Century Plunder in Swedish Archives and Libraries
Series: - Library of the Written Word, Volume: 111
- Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World, Volume: 111
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In Spoils of Knowledge, Emma Hagström Molin offers novel perspectives on document and book plundering. At the forefront of her study is the controversial heritage connected to the Swedish Empire (1611â1721) kept in Swedish archives and libraries. Previous studies suggest that continental spoils were perceived as an inferior and problematic category, and that Catholic books in particular were hard to accommodate in Protestant libraries. However, by considering systems of classification and collection orders of archives and libraries, Hagström Molin unearths a much more complex history of how plundered knowledge was appreciated, used and fused with its new Swedish settings. Moreover, spanning a history of four hundred years, this book shows that the understanding of spoils changed significantly over time.
This is a translation of: Krigsbytets Biografi. Byten i Riksarkivet, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek och Skokloster slott under 1600-talet (Gothenburg: Makadam, 2015).
Listen to the podcast with Emma Hagström Molin on New Books Network.
This is a translation of: Krigsbytets Biografi. Byten i Riksarkivet, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek och Skokloster slott under 1600-talet (Gothenburg: Makadam, 2015).
Listen to the podcast with Emma Hagström Molin on New Books Network.
Emma Hagström Molin, Ph.D. (2015) is a researcher in History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University, Sweden. Recent publications include "Provenance Research. Book History, Historiography, and the Rise of an Epistemic Category" (Studies in Book Culture, 2022).
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction: In the Kingâs Treasury
â1âUncovering Spoils of Knowledge in Swedish Collections
â2âWriting Histories from Spoils: Methodological and Contextual Considerations
â3âCases and Sources: Spoils in Inventories, Lists and Catalogues
â4âSome Prerequisites for Swedish Imperial Collecting
1 Placed in Chests: The Making of Cultural Spoils in Seventeenth-Century Europe and Beyond
â1âPlundering and Ruining in the Age of Grotius
â2âPlundering, Ruining and Cultural Plunder in Swedish Sources
â3âCultural Plunder in Livonia, Prussia and Denmark
â4âCollecting and Conserving Archives and Libraries
â5âThe Notable Absence of Spoils, Spolia and Trophies
â6âConclusion: Unstable Spoils of War
2 Archive Trouble: The Mitau Files in Vasa History
â1âArchive Fever in Vasa Administration
â2âThe Documents from Mitau
â3âThe Material, Geography and Rarity of Archival Spoils
â4ââAs a Soul within a Bodyâ: Archive Rooms
â5âUtterâs Archive Order: Documents Narrating Vasa History
â6âThe Mitau Documentsâ Transformations
â7âRestitution and Rebirth
â8âPost-Fire Order, Collectors and Thieves
â9âConclusion: Archive Trouble
3 Library Confessions: Catholic Books, Jesuit Epistemology and Temporality at Uppsala University Library
â1ââIt Is Not Extraordinaryâ: Library Beginnings
â2âThe Material, Geography and Confession of Library Spoils
â3âParting of the Prussian Spoils
â4âLibrary Materialisations
â5âOrdering the Collections
â6âThe Effects of Spoils
â7âMaterial and Immaterial Movements
â8âMould and Disorder: The Challenges of Preservation
â9âBack in the War Chests
â10âConclusion: Library Confessions
4 War Museums: Spolia Selecta in Carl Gustaf Wrangelâs Skokloster
â1âThe Encyclopaedic Museums of Skokloster: Beginnings
â2âThe Creation of the Rothkirch Spoils
â3âConfessional Spoils
â4âVarieties of Booty
â5âPractical Spoils
â6âThe Wrangel Library at Skokloster: Past and Present
â7âDiscrepancy in the Descriptions and Numbers of Wrangelâs Book Spoils
â8âBibliotheca Selecta, Spolia Selecta
â9âWrangelâs Armoury and the Rothkirch Spoils
â10âArt Chambers, War and Genealogical Spoils
â11âSkoklosterâs Geography
â12âSkoklosterâs Narrative and Temporal Tangle
â13âConclusion: War Museums
Conclusion: Spoils of Knowledge, Triumph and Trouble
â1âMaking Spoils in the Seventeenth Century
â2âTriumph and Trouble: The Effects of Knowledge Spoils
â3âEnduring Instabilities: From Spoils of Knowledge to Swedish Spoils of War, Reconstructions and Restitutions
Bibliography
Illustrations
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction: In the Kingâs Treasury
â1âUncovering Spoils of Knowledge in Swedish Collections
â2âWriting Histories from Spoils: Methodological and Contextual Considerations
â3âCases and Sources: Spoils in Inventories, Lists and Catalogues
â4âSome Prerequisites for Swedish Imperial Collecting
1 Placed in Chests: The Making of Cultural Spoils in Seventeenth-Century Europe and Beyond
â1âPlundering and Ruining in the Age of Grotius
â2âPlundering, Ruining and Cultural Plunder in Swedish Sources
â3âCultural Plunder in Livonia, Prussia and Denmark
â4âCollecting and Conserving Archives and Libraries
â5âThe Notable Absence of Spoils, Spolia and Trophies
â6âConclusion: Unstable Spoils of War
2 Archive Trouble: The Mitau Files in Vasa History
â1âArchive Fever in Vasa Administration
â2âThe Documents from Mitau
â3âThe Material, Geography and Rarity of Archival Spoils
â4ââAs a Soul within a Bodyâ: Archive Rooms
â5âUtterâs Archive Order: Documents Narrating Vasa History
â6âThe Mitau Documentsâ Transformations
â7âRestitution and Rebirth
â8âPost-Fire Order, Collectors and Thieves
â9âConclusion: Archive Trouble
3 Library Confessions: Catholic Books, Jesuit Epistemology and Temporality at Uppsala University Library
â1ââIt Is Not Extraordinaryâ: Library Beginnings
â2âThe Material, Geography and Confession of Library Spoils
â3âParting of the Prussian Spoils
â4âLibrary Materialisations
â5âOrdering the Collections
â6âThe Effects of Spoils
â7âMaterial and Immaterial Movements
â8âMould and Disorder: The Challenges of Preservation
â9âBack in the War Chests
â10âConclusion: Library Confessions
4 War Museums: Spolia Selecta in Carl Gustaf Wrangelâs Skokloster
â1âThe Encyclopaedic Museums of Skokloster: Beginnings
â2âThe Creation of the Rothkirch Spoils
â3âConfessional Spoils
â4âVarieties of Booty
â5âPractical Spoils
â6âThe Wrangel Library at Skokloster: Past and Present
â7âDiscrepancy in the Descriptions and Numbers of Wrangelâs Book Spoils
â8âBibliotheca Selecta, Spolia Selecta
â9âWrangelâs Armoury and the Rothkirch Spoils
â10âArt Chambers, War and Genealogical Spoils
â11âSkoklosterâs Geography
â12âSkoklosterâs Narrative and Temporal Tangle
â13âConclusion: War Museums
Conclusion: Spoils of Knowledge, Triumph and Trouble
â1âMaking Spoils in the Seventeenth Century
â2âTriumph and Trouble: The Effects of Knowledge Spoils
â3âEnduring Instabilities: From Spoils of Knowledge to Swedish Spoils of War, Reconstructions and Restitutions
Bibliography
Illustrations
Index
All interested in the history of seventeenth-century archives and libraries, and anyone concerned with spoils of war and cultural plundering.
Keywords: spoils of war, history, archives and libraries, the Swedish Empire (1611â1721), classification, collections studies, plundering, object biographies.
Keywords: spoils of war, history, archives and libraries, the Swedish Empire (1611â1721), classification, collections studies, plundering, object biographies.