Object's details: Administering Empire. Business Diplomacy in Early Modern Sweden: The Cases of Abraham Cabiljau and the Gothenburg Company

Provider:Akademicka Platforma Czasopism

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Title:
Administering Empire. Business Diplomacy in Early Modern Sweden: The Cases of Abraham Cabiljau and the Gothenburg Company
Creator:
Wirta, Kaarle;
Tikka, Katja;
Björklund, Jaakko
Description:
The article illustrates the importance of business diplomacy practised by free agents, who navigated and negotiated between northern European empires for widespread commercial, legal and administrative developments. Abraham Cabiljau’s career is an example from the early modern Swedish empire, which stands on the threshold of a new era. In the Swedish empire, Cabiljau was involved in several different sectors, from military recruitment to the development of state accounting and administration of international trade. He represents the Swedish empire’s vast economic relationships with international merchant networks operating in a broad spectrum of military and commercial arenas. The Swedish empire was economically dependent on the financial resources of the merchants in Amsterdam, and economic prosperity was not the sole contribution of these merchants. The education, knowledge and connections provided by Cabiljau greatly enhanced the administration and organisation of Sweden’s international trade by importing a new legal mindset and organisational culture. In return, northern mining resources and Baltic commerce were alluring for Dutch merchants. We argue that the modelling of international organisations was an essential part of Swedish economic development. However, the first Swedish trading companies remained an experimental attempt to transplant the Dutch East India Company (VOC) model to Sweden. Individuals like Cabiljau represent key actors who ignited, taught and promoted commercial law development in Sweden, on which international commerce was later built upon, with long-lasting impacts.
Object availability:
free access
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
Date:
2022.01.01
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Language:
English
Source:
Legatio: The Journal for Renaissance and Early Modern Diplomatic Studies; Vol. 5 (2021); 21-51;
Legatio: The Journal for Renaissance and Early Modern Diplomatic Studies; Tom 5 (2021); 21-51;
2545-1685;
2545-1693
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/Legatio/article/view/36817/31127
Subject:
Sweden;
Dutch Republic;
Gothenburg;
administration;
business diplomacy;
organisations;
trading company;
legal borrowing
Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/Legatio/article/view/36817
Data provider:
Akademicka Platforma Czasopism

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