The History Of The Reformation In Sweden Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The History of the Reformation in Sweden In the twelfth century, for the first time, the Swedish church was brought into a close agreement with the general institutions of the Western church; and from being a mis sionary field, became a complete member of the ecclesiastical communion of Western Europe. This condition of things i: was perfected, and the structure completed, in 1248; through the decree of a council held in Sheming, the clerical celibacy was brought into practice in Swede the whole legislation of the Roman church was more widely recognized and considered as a pattern. To present to the reader a clear picture of the church whose emendation was the work and honor of the sixteenth century, it is necessary, even in this general outline, to explain her condition anterior to the commencement of the Reformation. The present Sweden contains within its borders the two cities which, during the middle ages, from the twelfth century, were cen tres, the one, Upsala, for the church of Sweden, and the other, Lund, for the church of Denmark. A picture of the church's outward condition must present the two metropoli tan sees; and also the episcopal sees which were subject to Upsala, and embraced in that ecclesiastical province. 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.

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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.

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Excerpt from History of the Reformation in Europe, Vol. 6: In the Time of Calvin Sweden. Bohemia and Moravia. 'poland. Hungary. Geneva, Switzerland, and Calvin. Germany, to death of Luther, 1546. 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.