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I58 IV. THE ROMANIZED CHURCH (A.D. 13891520).
one party is free, whether father or mother, the child is
free. When Magnus Ericsson abolished slavery in West
Gothland and Vermland in 1335 he declared that he did it
"
for the glory of God and of the Virgin Mary
"
(Dipl. S.,
No. 3,106).
The same influence appeared in the sections touching
marriage, the rights of the wife, and the dissolution of the
tie.
Archbishop Nicolaus, owing to his influence with the
king, obtained for his see in perpetuity the important castle
of Almare-Staket, on the road between Stockholm and
Upsala, which he had built and fortified ;
and he thus pre
pared the way for the excessive power and political intri
gues of his successors, which had so great influence
afterwards upon their fortunes and the fortunes of the
Church.
Although Nicolaus seems to have been in himself a good
and able man, it can hardly be doubted that his policy
was, on the whole, injurious to the Church.
4. KARL KNUTSSON ELECTED KING IN 1448. His
ENEMY, JOHANNES BENEDICTI (OXENSTIERNA), ARCH
BISHOP (1448 1468). KARL S FEEBLENESS. THE
ARCHBISHOP S AMBITION AND PRESUMPTION.
DRIVES KARL FROM THE COUNTRY. STRUGGLE
BETWEEN KARL AND CHRISTIAN I. OF DENMARK.
Karl Knutsson, in the meanwhile, received Finland as a
fief, and held Oland in pledge. Some months after
Christopher s death he was elected king, notwithstanding
the opposition of the powerful family of the Oxenstierna.
They had, however, succeeded in getting the archbishopric
for a member of their house, Johannes Benedicti (grand
son of Karl s rival, Christer Nilsson), who was the enemy
and rival of Karl for the next twenty years. Like Nicolaus,
he was confirmed by the Council of Basel, but he seems
also to have received confirmation from Pope Nicolas V.,
after his consecration, and probably on easy terms as to
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