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94 A History of Sweden
art of printing with movable type. Before this, print-
ing from wooden tablets engraved with pictures and
explanations had been practiced. Page after page could
thus be printed. But this was not much cheaper than
writing, for the engraved tablets were expensive, and
there had to be one for every different page. Guten-
berg’s invention consisted in cutting out each separate
letter. These could then be combined in any way one
pleased and be used for any book. He soon made im-
provements by casting metal type. Even in the six-
teenth century books could be made so cheaply that
even people in moderate circumstances could own them
and thus derive knowledge from them.
D. STEN STURE THE YOUNGER AND CHRISTIAN II
Christian II of Denmark. Christian II, grandson of
Christian I, was a strong and richly endowed prince.
He aroused the admiration of everybody when at tour-
naments he managed his steed and with his lance un-
horsed one antagonist after another. But he was also
feared for his suspicious nature and fierce temper.
When he became king he wished to realize his early
ambition to conquer Sweden.
Sten Sture the Younger and Gustav Trolle. Sten
Sture the Younger, a noble and chivalrous youth, was
then regent in Sweden. He had a bitter enemy in Arch-
bishop Ulfsson’s successor, Gustav Trolle, who power-
fully reminds one of Jons Bengtsson Oxenstiern. Sten
Sture had aided him in securing his lucrative and hon-
orable office, and sought afterwards again and again
to effect a reconciliation. Finally he went to Uppsala
and in the very cathedral offered his hand to the arch-
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