Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of contents

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction: Serving others – serving the state

State formation on the ground

State formation as working-class and gender history

The book

Notes

1 State formation and state administration

State formation as a process of learning and negotiation

State administration and customs administration

Scandinavian small towns and state servants

Methods and sources

Notes

2 Servants in the front line

Fighting in public

The right to live in peace

Stealing

Making noise

Protecting state servants and subjects from each other

Causes of animosity

Households in the front line

Conclusion

Notes

3 Families in service

A makeshift economy

The market in help

Conclusion

Notes

4 The struggling master

Controlling space, controlling officials

The role of inspectors

Control through the courts

Fluid boundaries

Conclusion

Notes

5 His role and hers

Positions of authority

State servant identities

Social differences

Conclusion

Notes

Conclusion: Service, gender and the early modern state

Women’s work

Service

The state as master

Notes

Appendix

Archival sources

Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm (KB)

Landsarkivet, Göteborg (GLA)

Landsarkivet, Uppsala (ULA)

Lantmäteriet, Gävle

Riksarkivet, Marieberg, Stockholm (RA)

Svenska Akademiens Ordboks arkiv, Lund

Published primary sources

Secondary sources

Unpublished source

Bibliography

Archival sources

Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm (KB)

Landsarkivet, Göteborg (GLA)

Landsarkivet, Uppsala (ULA)

Lantmäteriet, Gävle

Riksarkivet, Marieberg, Stockholm (RA)

Svenska Akademiens Ordboks arkiv, Lund

Published primary sources

Secondary sources

Unpublished source

Index