Excerpt from The Reformation in Sweden: Its Rise, Progress, and Crisis; And Its Triumph Under Charles IX Sweden um The discontent of the Swedes broke out def, Eng into open rebellion after the death Of Queen Em' Margaret and the accession Of King Eric. The king was not qualified either by his character or his administrative ability to conciliate the esteem, or to silence the dissatisfaction of his subjects. His cruel treatment of his wife Phillippa of England, who by her gentleness and intelligence won the hearts of the Swedes, subjected him to deserved Obloquy. In the pursuit of Objects in which Sweden had no interest the recovery of his dukedom of Pomerania and the fruitless attempt to conquer Schleswig - he exhausted the resources of the country and shed the blood Of his subjects in wars from which they could reap no bene fit. This continued drain Of men and money from the kingdom, and the Oppression of the Danes and Ger mans, who filled all the Offices and occupied all the castles of the land, led to a civil war, which, checked from time to time, still broke out afresh, and was to be extinguished only after a hundred years of discord and bloodshed by the disruption of the union between Den mark and Sweden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.