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Title: The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

Author: Paul Barron Watson

Release Date: August 30, 2007 [EBook #22458]

Language: English

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THE
SWEDISH REVOLUTION
UNDER
GUSTAVUS VASA

BY

PAUL BARRON WATSON
AUTHOR OF "MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS" AND MEMBER OF
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

_Copyright, 1889_,
BY PAUL BARRON WATSON.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

Transcriber's Note

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Original spellings have been retained.

The carat symbol [^] has been used to note 'superscript', whilst the
following less common characters have been transcribed as follows:

[oe] oe ligature
[=a] a with macron
[=e] e with macron
[=n] n with macron
[=o] o with macron

PREFACE.

No name in history lies deeper in Swedish hearts than the name Gustavus
Vasa. Liberator of Sweden from the yoke of Denmark, and founder of one
of the foremost dynasties of Europe, his people during more than three
centuries have looked back fondly to the figure of their great ruler,
and cherished with tender reverence every incident in his romantic
history. This enthusiasm for Gustavus Vasa is more than sentiment; it
belongs to him as leader in a vast political upheaval. When Gustavus
came upon the stage, the Swedish people had long been groaning under a
foreign despotism. During more than a century their political existence
had been ignored, their rights as freemen trampled in the dust. They had
at last been goaded into a spirit of rebellion, and were already
struggling to be free. What they most needed was a le