History of the Swedes. Translated, with introduction and notes, by J. H. TurnerWhittaker, 1845 |
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Adam of Bremen afterwards ancient archbishop arms barons Birca bishop Brask brother called Calmar Canute castle Charles Canuteson Christina Gyllenstierna church clergy council councillors court crown Dalecarlia Danes Danish daughter death declared Denmark diet duke earl Birger election Engelbert Eric Ericson Eric of Pomerania estates father Fennic fiefs Finland Folklands Folkungers forest German Gothland Goths Gustavus Haco heathen Helsingland HISTORY hundred inhabitants king Christian king Eric king Magnus king's kingdom land Land's Law Lapps law of Upland letter lords Lubeck magnates Magnus Ericson Magnus Ladulas mentioned nobility nobles Norrland northern Norway Norwegian obliged Odin Olaus Magnus Olave Peterson parish peace peasants prince provinces realm reign Rhyme Chronicle royal Russian Saga Scania Skara Smaland sovereign Stenkil Steno Sturé Stockholm Suanto Suithiod Sweden Swedish Swerker taxes throne Thuré tion Tiundaland town Trollé Upper Swedes Upsala Vadstena Vasa Vermeland Waldemar West-Gothland West-Goths Westeras Westmanland
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Page 266 - ... march immediately under his orders. " He did not like so well of an officer that was not as capable to understand his directions, as he was ready in giving them ; nevertheless he would not suffer an officer to part from him, till he found he was understood by the receiver of the order. Such a general would I gladly serve, but such a general I shall hardly see, whose custom was to be the first and last in danger himself, gaining his officers' love in being the companion both of their labours and...
Page 44 - now called Old Upsala, and appointed clerks for the ministry of the altar*." An old table of kings denominates him the Lawgiver, and the rights of Swedis.il matrons to the place of honour and housewifedom, to lock and key, to the half of the marriage-bed, and the legal third of the property, as the law of Upland expresses it, are said to have been conferred by the law of St. Eric. Against the heathens of Finland, whose piracies harassed the Swedish coast, he undertook a crusade, and by introducing...
Page 1 - The recollections which Scandinavia has to add to those of the Germanic race are yet the most antique in character and comparatively the most original. They offer the completest remaining example of a social state existing previously to the reception of influences from. Rome, and in duration stretching onward so as to come within the sphere of historical light.
Page 127 - The statute for this purpose was framed by the clergy, although it is plain, from various records, that the other orders also gave their assent to it. Now, for the first time after the beginning of the Reformation, we find this estate — no longer represented by the bishops only, but also by pastors of churches, both in towns and rural parishes — again mentioned as present at the diet; a proof that the greater number, at least, were now Protestants. After the act of settlement had been passed,...
Page 38 - ... he was led to Sweden ; and on one occasion, being blockaded by Olave the lap- king in the Malar lake, he is said to have made his escape by excavating a new channel to the sea. After sharing in the English wars he returned to his country, drew together a party, assumed royalty, and put an end to the domination of the Swedes and Danes in Norway. Olave of Sweden, too proud to yield, yet took no measures to secure his own frontiers, and the discontent of the people, roused by this negligence, at...
Page 144 - Ericson Lejonhufvud interrupted him by saying, " All that you talk is in vain, for our lord heareth no more." Thereupon the priest bent down to the ear of the dying man and said, " If thou believe in Jesus Christ, and hear my voice, give us some sign thereof.
Page 144 - Thereupon the priest bent down to the ear of the dying man and said, " If thou believe in Jesus Christ, and hear my voice, give us some sign thereof." To the amazement of all, the king answered with a loud voice, " Yes !" This was his last breath, at eight of the clock in the morning, the 29th of September, 1560.
Page 115 - The secular fiefs of the bishops were confiscated 5, and the fines at law due to them were collected by the king's bailiffs, all complaints on this head being set at nought. No further regard was paid to the spiritual jurisdiction ; on the contrary, the king adjudicated even in ecclesiastical causes, gave to monks and nuns who wished to quit their convents letters of protection ', and declared excommunications invalid '. He appointed and deposed priests by his own authority, and assumed the episcopal...
Page 235 - Viborg from 1618, obtained another at Abo. Thus was this great king in the midst of his wars the founder of Sweden's system of education, manifesting thereby that his arms were wielded in the holy cause of man's civilization. Therefore did he sacrifice upon that altar what others would have expended on the preparations of battle. And in what a time was this ! No hopes are nobler or more elevating than those which Gustavus Adolphus opened up by his institutes to a future generation. They were not...