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In the second volume of his vivid history of the Swedes, Vilhelm Moberg brings his focus on the common people to bear on a period that included two dramatic revolts: the national insurrection under Engelbrekt and the last desperate attempt of the Smaland peasantry to retain their medieval liberties - a defiance bloodily crushed by King Gustav Vasa. Using a wide variety of local historical source materials, Moberg studies the ruthless monarch Vasa and his two tragic opponents: the psychopathic Christian II of Denmark and Nils Dracke, the leader of the Smalanders. Furthermore, he examines the enigmatic and wide appeal of the Swedish forest and investigates the origins of the Swedish hatred of Danes, which was implanted by propaganda through songs commissioned by Karl VIII's chancellery. Moberg's history has been widely hailed by the Swedish press as a masterpiece of popular history writing and has been an all-time best-seller in Swedish bookstores.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: History of the Swedish People
• Subtitle: Volume II: From Renaissance to Revolution
• Author: Vilhelm Moberg
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780816646579
• ISBN: 0816646570
• ID: 04729878
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Weight: 328 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 140 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. February 2005

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