The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus VasaWatson, Paul Barron
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The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa
Watson, Paul Barron
Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496-1560; Sweden -- History -- Gustav I Vasa, 1523-1560
He recommended also that, there being no satisfactory place in which to
keep the Swedish cavalry, they be quartered in the various monasteries,
"where," he added, "we find plenty of money, but very few monks." As to
Hoya, he requested the Cabinet's sanction of the proposed marriage,
shrewdly intimating that while he favored citizens of Germany, he
believed no marriage between a Swede and Dane should be allowed. The
answer which the Cabinet made to these proposals shows traces of a
feeble opposition along with a manifest endeavor to accommodate the
king. First of all, the Cabinet advised the king to appoint a few of the
most intelligent and able debaters in the realm to represent the cause
of Sweden at the congress to be held next year in Lubeck; and in
accordance with this suggestion the king named Hoya, and the new
archbishop, Johannes Magni. Regarding the matter of conferring fiefs on
Hoya, the Cabinet yielded to the king's desire. "Though the law
declares," they said, "that no foreigner shall enter the Cabinet or
govern land or castle, yet we shall gladly see you grant him both castle
and land as you deem best, doubting not that you will so watch over his
and all other grants that your subjects suffer not." In accordance with
this concession Hoya was given Stegeborg in fee, and his marriage with
Margareta was arranged to take place in January next. As to quartering
in the monasteries, the conservative element prevailed, the Cabinet
decreeing that it was not advisable to fill the monasteries with horse
and men. That the coronation take place at once, the Cabinet strongly
urged, though they refrained from expressing opinion as to the
confirmation of the bishops. The proposition that the king be given
power to regulate the royal rents was not rejected, but a hint was
thrown out that the proper step was rather to prepare an accurate list
of all crown property and collect the rents as due thereon of old.[98]
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