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i8o IV. THE ROMANIZED CHURCH (A.D. 13891520).
now stands, on which the Bodies of the dead were con
sumed. To make his revenge complete, he caused the
dead body of the administrator, which had been buried for
half a year, to be dug up, and thrown upon the pile. The
massacre was also extended to Finland, and Hemming
Gad, who had escaped thither, was not saved by his recent
services, and lost his head at the age of 80. The king s
whole progress on his return from Stockholm was marked
by similar cruelties, in which harmless monks and innocent
children were slaughtered. More than six hundred heads
had fallen before he quitted Swedish territory at the
beginning of the next year.
This tragedy bears the name in history of the
"
Blood
bath of Stockholm," and by it Christian earned the name
of
"
the Tyrant." He left the kingdom in the hands of
Didrik Slagheck, Gustavus Trolle, Jens Andersson and
others. Slagheck was made Bishop of Skara in the place
of one victim, and Jens Andersson was nominated to
Strengnas in the place of the other. Slagheck retired to
Denmark when Gustaf Vasa began to succeed in his revolt,
and was made Archbishop of Lund ;
but was shortly after
wards burnt to death at Copenhagen by King Christian
(1522). Trolle also retired to Denmark, where, on
Christian s deposition and imprisonment, he crowned
King Frederick in 1524. He was wounded in battle in
1535, and died in prison. Jens was neither elected, nor
confirmed nor consecrated to Strengnas, and he, too,
shortly retired. But what became of him does not seem to
be recorded. The miserable captivity and wretched fate of
Christian is well known.
As regards its effect on Sweden, this tragedy had great
influence on the history of the Church, as well as of the
State. It settled any question of accepting a Danish ruler
perhaps for all time. It was also a signal step in the in
terruption of relations with the Roman see in the interest of
which Slagheck had planned it. However much it might
have been dictated by policy and personal hatred on the
part of Christian, it was carried out and defended by him as
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