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21& A History of Sweden
The lower estates acquiesced in the proposition, pre-
ferring to have one king instead of several.
But the nobles were soon to learn that they had thor-
oughly deceived themselves in this matter. The Re-
sumption proceeded as before, and all petitions for
abatement were refused. Charles was not an ordinary
child. At coronations, the archbishop, at the altar, was
wont to place the crown on the head of the anointed.
But Charles rode to the church with his crown on,
took it off when the archbishop anointed his forehead,
and then with his own hand replaced it on his head.
He also omitted the
usual coronation oath.
The Estates were as-
tounded. Charles was
now a full-fledged au-
tocratic ruler, respon-
sible to God alone for
his acts.
His Training and
Adventures. Charles
XI had provided for
his son’s thorough ed-
ucation. Charles had
greater ability for
acquiring knowledge
than his father had.
In other respects the
son was the father’s
image. The follow-
ing trait is his fa-
ther’s over again. The charles xn-
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