The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Part 13

SVART, Peder. _Gustaf I.'s kronika_, ed. G. E. Klemming. Stockh., 1870.

8^o.

This chronicle was begun in 1561, the year following the king's death; and the author himself died in 1562, having brought his work down only to the year 1533. The original MS. is in the Royal Library at Stockholm.

Svart writes in a forcible and at the same time easy style. Nor does he lack good sense; though the work is marred throughout by a bitterness toward popery and a total blindness to the errors of Gustavus.

SVART, Peder. _Historia om de forna Westers stifts biscopar_, ed. A. A.

von Stiernman. Stockh., 1744. 4^o.

A history of the bishops of Vesters, running to 1534.

TOXITES, Michael. _Epicedion sereniss. ac potentiss. principis, ac D. D.

Gostaui, Suecorum, Gothorum, atq: Vandalorum regis._

A copy of this rare little book is preserved in the British Museum. It contains eight quarto pages without pagination, and is without date or place of publication, though it is believed to have been printed in Stockholm in 1561. It is a mere eulogy of Gustavus in Latin verse, and is addressed to King Erik XIV.

GRIP, Birger Nilsson. _Calendarium Hammarstadense._ [In _Scriptores rerum Suecicarum_, vol. i. sect. 1, pp. 237-239.]

This is a short calendar of the births and deaths of some eminent persons arranged in the order of the days of the year. The compiler was born about 1490, and died in 1565. He was a Cabinet member, and a warm supporter of Gustavus Vasa, whose niece he married.

LUDVIGSSON, Rasmus. _Collectiones historicae._ [In _Scriptores rerum Suecicarum_, vol. iii. sect. 1, pp. 79-87.]

Born probably at beginning of sixteenth century. When Gustavus, according to Act pa.s.sed at Vesters, 1527, established the Royal Archives, he employed Ludvigsson to collect all the old doc.u.ments belonging to the various churches. These were then deposited in the Royal Archives. Ludvigsson also, by order of Gustavus, compiled a genealogical table of the old n.o.bility of Sweden, that Gustavus might know what estates to claim. Under Erik XIV., as well as under his brother Johan, Ludvigsson held the post of secretary to the king. He died in 1594. As a writer he shows great industry and poor judgment. The _Collectiones_ comprises a continuation of Svart's chronicle to 1560, a chronicle of Erik XIV., and a compilation of the early Swedish chronicles from 1362 to 1522. Of these the chief is the continuation of Svart, which includes also Svart's chronicle slightly altered, and the whole of it was long supposed to be Ludvigsson's own work, though the name was erroneously spelt Rasmus Carlsson. The original MS. of this continuation of Svart is in the University Library at Upsala. The MSS.

of Ludvigsson's other works are in the Royal Library at Stockholm.

KARL IX. _Rim-chronika_, ed. B. Bergius. Stockh., 1759. 4^o.

This is a metrical chronicle, written by one of the sons of Gustavus Vasa, and containing one or two references to Gustavus.

B. _Letters, Treaties, and other Doc.u.ments._

The contemporary doc.u.ments bearing on the Swedish Revolution number several thousand. Nearly all of these have now been printed except the following collections:--

_Gustaf I.'s registratur._

This consists of thirty-one MS. folios containing copies of the letters written by Gustavus throughout his reign, and is preserved in the Royal Archives at Stockholm. The letters are arranged in chronological order, each folio as a rule embracing the letters of a year. Nearly all the folios were compiled by the king's secretary in the course of the year which they represent, though some of them were not compiled till 1600 or even later; and portions of the contemporary folios, left incomplete at the time, are filled out by a later hand. Besides this collection, the _Registratur_ originally embraced fifteen folios of the king's letters to foreign powers, and some folios of his letters on the crown estates; but these are lost. The thirty-first volume of the extant portion of the _Registratur_ does not properly belong there, being a transcription of Claes Christersson's letters to Gustavus in 1558-1561. Of the _Registratur_, ten volumes have now been published, extending through the year 1535.

_Gustaf I.'s acta historica._

This is the name given to nine bundles of MSS., chiefly originals, in the Royal Archives at Stockholm, bearing on the reign of Gustavus Vasa.

Many of them are found transcribed in the _Registratur_. Some, not so transcribed, have been published in the already printed volumes of the _Registratur_, as supplements, and in the _Svenska riksdagsakter_ edited by Hildebrand and Alin.

_Gustaf I.'s bref med bilagor._

This is the name given to three bundles of MS. letters, chiefly originals, of Gustavus Vasa. These, too, are preserved in the Royal Archives at Stockholm. Most of them are found transcribed in the _Registratur._ Some, not so transcribed, have been published in the already printed volumes of the _Registratur_, as supplements, and in the _Svenska riksdagsakter_ edited by Hildebrand and Alin.

_Gustaf I.'s rdslagar._

This is the name given to a bundle of original MSS. of the Cabinet resolutions under Gustavus Vasa. It is preserved in the Royal Archives at Stockholm. Most of these _rdslagar_ have been published in the _Svenska riksdagsakter_ edited by Hildebrand and Alin.

_Palmskiold samlingar._

This consists of over five hundred folios of doc.u.ments collected and copied by Erik and Elias Palmskiold about the year 1700, and contains copies of many original MSS. now lost. Portions of these folios have been printed. As now bound, volumes 2, 3, and 4 of that portion of the collection called number 1 are ent.i.tled _Acta ad historiam R. Gustaui I._, and are devoted wholly to the reign of Gustavus Vasa.

Apart from the above-named MSS., practically all doc.u.ments bearing on the Swedish Revolution will be found printed in one of the following collections:--

_Acta et litterae ad historiam Reformationis in Suecia_, ed. E. M. Fant.

Upsal., 1807. 4^o.

Contains doc.u.ments on the Reformation in Sweden.

_Acta historiam Regis Christierni II. ill.u.s.trantia_, ed. P. A. Adde.

Upsal., 1833. 4^o.

Contains a letter from Christiern II. to his queen, dated 1518, on the day of the battle of Brannkyrka; also a doc.u.ment of 1520 resigning Stockholm Castle to Christiern; also a letter from Gustavus Vasa, 1522; and a letter from Norby to Christiern, 1523.

_Acta Tomiciana._ Posnaniae, 1852-1860. 9 vols. 4^o. vol. ix. 2a ed.

1876. 4^o.

A celebrated collection of doc.u.ments in the Royal Archives of Poland.

_Aktstykker._ See ODENSE.

_Alla riksdagars och motens bes.l.u.th_, ed. A. A. von Stiernman. Stockh., 1728-1743. 4 vols. 4^o.

A collection of doc.u.ments issued by diets and conventions from 1521 to 1727.

_Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utlandska arkiver_, ed. C. G.

Styffe. Stockh., 1859-1884. 5 vols. 8^o.

A collection of foreign doc.u.ments, chiefly from the Private Archives of Denmark, relating to the history of Skandinavia, running to 1520.

_Breve og Aktstykker til Oplysning af Christiern den Andens og Frederik den Frstes Historie_, ed. C. F. Allen, Kjbenhavn. 1854. 4^o.

Contains doc.u.ments from 1519 to 1530 on the history of Christiern II.

and Fredrik I.

CHRISTIANIA. SAMFUND FOR DET NORSKE FOLKS SPROG OG HISTORIE. _Samling til det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie._ Christiania, 1833-1839. 6 vols.

4^o.

Contains doc.u.ments on the surrender of the district of Viken by Sweden to Norway, 1523-1535; also doc.u.ments on the rebellion of Sunnanvader and Knut.

_Christiern II.'s arkiv, 1e serien. Handlingar rorande Severin Norby och de under hans ledning stende krigsforetagen mot Sverge_, ed. N. J.

Ekdahl. Stockh., 1835-1842. 4 vols. 8^o.

A collection of doc.u.ments on Christiern II.'s expeditions against Sweden.

COPENHAGEN. KONGELIGT DANSK SELSKAB FOR FAEDRELANDETS HISTORIE OG SPROG.