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#### Know your niche. But each of us has our place in the hierarchy. Don't let your body control you, but take care of it for your soul. Nature is above you, but learn to understand it so that you do not get hurt. No one cares what you are like on the inside. The important thing is to play your role in society. For the Swedes who lived about 400 years ago, in the time of the great powers, their outlook on life was radically different than it is today. But there are also things here that trigger an immediate and emotional feeling of closeness. This book provides an accurate picture of seventeenth-century people's views about nature, the body, power, the individual, and the wider world. What did they know, what did they believe, and what were the foundations of life? But it is also a fascinating demonstration of how a historian can use unexpected sources in clever ways, such as advertisements for stolen items or letters attesting to illegitimate births.