Scandinavian HistoryMacmillan & Company, 1874 - 399 páginas |
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Absalon amongst arms army attack battle Birger Bishop brother brought called carried castle caused Charles Charles XII chief Christian II Christopher church clergy command Copenhagen Council Count court crown Danes Danish king death defeat died duchies Duke emperor enemies England Erik of Pomerania Erik's father favour fleet foes forced Frederick Frederick IV friends gave German Gorm Gustaf Gustavus Hakon Harald Holstein Iceland island Jarl Johan Jutland Karl King Christian King Erik King of Denmark King of Sweden king's kingdom known Knud's lands laws learned Lejre Magnus Margaret murder nephew nobles northern Northmen Norway Norwegian Odin Olaf pagan peace peasants prince provinces Queen reign royal rule ruler Russians Scandinavia secure seized sent ships Sigismund Sigurd Ring Sjælland Skaania Slesvig soon Sten Sture Stockholm Svea Svend Estridsen Swedish king throne took troops troubles Upsala Valdemar vikingar wishes
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Página 241 - And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign : howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's : for it was his from the LORD.
Página 177 - ... She went from castle to castle, and received the homage and faithful service of the great ; she journeyed from province to province, and looked well into matters of law and of right, until all obeyed and served her ; justice was done in the land, and even the high-born sea-robbers, who so long had plagued the kingdom and defied the laws, were seized with terror, and were glad to come forward and give surety in money for their future good conduct.
Página 176 - We are told by the writers of the great Chronicle of Ltibeck, that "when men saw the wisdom and strength that were in this royal lady, wonder and fear filled their hearts. She made peace with old foes, and kept good order over her people, gaining to her side both nobles and peasants. She went from castle to castle, and received the homage and faithful service of the great ; she journeyed from province to province, and looked well into matters of law and of right, until all obeyed and served her ;...
Página 214 - ... under protest, and another Bishop who now joined himself with Trolle as accuser. The following day, November 8, at nine o'clock, they were brought before a Court of twelve ecclesiastics, one of whom was Trolle, who thus became a judge in his own cause. The single question was put to them by Beldenak, whether men who had raised their hands against the Pope and the Holy Roman Church were not heretics ? They could give but one answer. Thereupon they were told that they had condemned themselves,...
Página 87 - After some consultation, the white chieftain informed them that they were at liberty to depart, and advised them to make no delay, as the natives were cruel to strangers. He refused to tell his name; but gave to Gudleif presents of a gold ring for Snorre's sister, Thurida, and a sword for her son. Gudleif returned to Iceland with these gifts, where it was conjectered that he was the famous Scald Biorn.
Página 12 - Nothing certain is known in regard to the precise time when the Goths first came to the north of Europe, or when they began to follow the religion of Odin. Some persons have thought that under the name of Odin, or Woden, men worshipped the powers of nature ; others, that the fables invented in regard to him and the other northern gods, who were called...
Página 214 - for God's sake let me die with all these honest men, my brethren ! " and he laid his head on the block. A heavy storm of rain fell at the close of this frightful butchery, and the blood streamed along the streets, and gurgled and splashed up from the wet and muddy market-place.
Página 93 - Estridsen and his descendants we must bear in mind that we are reading the history of the common ancestors of the royal families of Great Britain and of Denmark.
Página 11 - ... veneration as the sources of light and heat. But, after the Goths had settled in northern Germany and Scandinavia, this older religion only lingered in the form of superstitions, for the new-comers established their own faith, which was that of Woden, or, as he is called by the Northmen, Odin. We English retain in the days of the week the remembrance of this religion, which was brought to our shores more than 1400 years ago by the Angles and Saxons, who came from northern Germany and western...
Página 306 - ... powerful minister of the crown, both under Frederick and his son, Christian V. After being created a count of the empire, and receiving every mark of confidence and distinction in the power of the king to bestow upon him, the jealousy of his many enemies at court brought about his ruin. Being accused of treason, he was condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted at the scaffold to close imprisonment for life; and for eighteen years Count Griffenfeld was kept in confinement...