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History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (Volume 3)

History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (Volume 3)

Dunham, Samuel Astley

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ISBN10: 1151086312
ISBN13: 9781151086310
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.50 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840. Excerpt: ... which occasioned no little murmuring in all his king, doms, especially in Sweden, he invested Sleswic and Gottorp. But all his enterprises were destined to be unfortunate. Scarcely had he opened his trenches, when he received from the Hanseatic League a declaration of war, in terms so absolute as to evince both their self, confidence, and their contempt for his power. The blow, though it could scarcely have been unexpected, stunned him so much that he precipitately left the field. He foresaw that his own dominions would soon he invaded. That very year, he had the mortification to see Femeren retaken; but, on the other hand, his enemies failed against Flensburg, and he had the good fortune to defeat them at sea, near the entrance of the Sound. Still they were not discouraged; they had evidently resolved on the reduction of Copenhagen, --the possession of which enabled Eric to levy a tax on every vessel that passed through the Strait. That tax they felt to be obnoxious; it might be increased ad libitum; or their vessels might even be excluded altogether from their lucrative traffic in Norway. In 1428, Copenhagen was again invested by a powerful armament, which the League placed under the command of count Gerard of Holstein; and it would have fallen, but for the heroism of the queen Philippa, --a lady, as we before observed, of the royal house of England. She threw herself into it, and by her exhortations, no less than by her example, inspired the garrison with so much zeal, that the assailants were at length compelled to retire. Elated by this success, while her husband was raising new supplies in Sweden, she determined to carry the war into the dominions of her enemies; and, with a fleet of seventy-five sail, she invested Stralsund. But, on this occasion, f..

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