vus.--Character of Brask. 118

CHAPTER VI.

RELIGIOUS DISCORD AND CIVIL WAR. 1524-1525.

Riot of the Anabaptists.--Contest between Olaus Petri and
Peder Galle.--Marriage of Petri.--Conspiracy of Norby; of
Christina Gyllenstjerna; of Mehlen; of Sunnanvaeder.--Attitude
of Fredrik to Gustavus.--Proposition of Gustavus to resign
the Crown.--Norby's Incursion into Bleking.--Surrender of
Visby.--Flight of Mehlen.--Fall of Kalmar. 165

CHAPTER VII.

DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN POWERS. 1525-1527.

Negotiations between Fredrik and Gustavus.--Treachery of
Norby.--Sunnanvaeder and the Cabinet of Norway.--Overthrow
and Death of Norby.--Trial and Execution of Knut and
Sunnanvaeder.--Debt to Lubeck.--Treaty with Russia; with
the Netherlands.--Dalarne and the Lubeck Envoys.--Swedish
Property in Denmark.--Province of Viken.--Refugees in
Norway. 190

CHAPTER VIII.

INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION. 1525-1527.

Nature of the Period.--Translation of the Bible.--Quarrel
between the King and Brask.--Opposition to the
Monasteries.--High-handed Measures of the King.--Second
Disputation between Petri and Galle.--Opposition to Luther's
Teaching.--Banishment of Magni.--Further Opposition to the
Monasteries.--Revolt of the Dalesmen.--Diet of
Vesteras.--"Vesteras Recess."--"Vesteras Ordinantia."--Fall
of Brask; his Flight; his Character. 220

CHAPTER IX.

CORONATION OF THE KING. 1528.

Reasons for Delay of the Coronation.--Preparations for the
Ceremony.--Consecration of the Bishops.--Coronation
Festival.--Retrospect of the Revolution.--Character
of Gustavus. 268

BIBLIOGRAPHY 277

INDEX 293

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Seal of Bishop Brask. Bears the inscription: S[IGILLVM]
IOH[ANN]IS DEI GRA[CIA] EPI[SCOPI] LINCOPENSIS 103

"Klipping" issued by Gustavus Vasa in 1521 or 1522. On one
side, the bust of a man in armor. On the other, crowns and
arrows, with the inscription: ERI[KS]SO[N] 107

Medal struck in commemoration of the deliverance o