Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

The Consolation of Soldiers. Religious life in the Swedish army during the Great Northern War

Gudmundsson, David LU orcid (2014) In Scandinavian Journal of History 39:2. p.212-225
Abstract
It is commonly acknowledged that an elaborated military pastoral care provided a significant contribution to the efficiency of the Swedish army during the Great Northern War (1700–1721). Usually battle preparations and the chaplains’ efforts to instil morale and discipline among the soldiers are emphasized. In this article my aim is to provide a somewhat different idea on the nature of the religious life in the army of Charles XII. By focusing in turn on the chaplains’ duties, the military sermons, the hymns sung in the army and the soldiers’ reading of prayer books, I point at the similarities between military and civilian religious life in early 18th-century Sweden.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Great Northern War, military pastoral care, chaplains, sermons, hymns, prayer books
in
Scandinavian Journal of History
volume
39:2
pages
212 - 225
publisher
Routledge
external identifiers
  • wos:000336833300006
  • scopus:84899650927
ISSN
1502-7716
DOI
10.1080/03468755.2013.875059
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
id
73200851-de66-4215-a85e-f3ecefe222ce (old id 3878354)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 10:56:07
date last changed
2023-08-31 14:51:09
@article{73200851-de66-4215-a85e-f3ecefe222ce,
  abstract     = {{It is commonly acknowledged that an elaborated military pastoral care provided a significant contribution to the efficiency of the Swedish army during the Great Northern War (1700–1721). Usually battle preparations and the chaplains’ efforts to instil morale and discipline among the soldiers are emphasized. In this article my aim is to provide a somewhat different idea on the nature of the religious life in the army of Charles XII. By focusing in turn on the chaplains’ duties, the military sermons, the hymns sung in the army and the soldiers’ reading of prayer books, I point at the similarities between military and civilian religious life in early 18th-century Sweden.}},
  author       = {{Gudmundsson, David}},
  issn         = {{1502-7716}},
  keywords     = {{Great Northern War; military pastoral care; chaplains; sermons; hymns; prayer books}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{212--225}},
  publisher    = {{Routledge}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of History}},
  title        = {{The Consolation of Soldiers. Religious life in the Swedish army during the Great Northern War}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2013.875059}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/03468755.2013.875059}},
  volume       = {{39:2}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}