Piotr Nater
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The nobles who opposed him had to leave the country, the bishops who refused to acknowledge him were deposed and in some cases imprisoned.
Under the pressure of the excited multitude, the decisions of the diet were wholly in accord with the Duke's desire.
His enemies were declared to be enemies of the country, and
A civil war ensued, but ended soon in the complete triumph of Charles.
Several of the king's adherents were executed, in accordance with the decrees of Arboga.
Sigismund, fearing that he might lose even the semblance of authority in Sweden, appeared in that country in the summer of fifteen ninety eight with a force of five thousand Polish soldiers.
The moment was a critical one.
The royal name had clearly not lost all its power, and many disapproved of the Duke's revolutionary proceedings, so that nearly the whole of southern Sweden, including Stockholm, declared for the king.
But the north, out of which the Vasa dynasty had arisen eight years before, remained true to Charles.
A decisive battle was fought at Linkepink, south west of Stockholm, in which Zigismund was completely routed, september twenty fifth, fifteen ninety eight.
Three days later he concluded a treaty with his victorious uncle, in which he basely betrayed his most devoted partisans, but according to which he was to administer the government himself and promised to convoke the national diet within four months.
Instead of fulfilling his pledges, he placed Polish garrisons in a few cities and sailed for Danzig.
He still hoped to be able to make a more successful effort to recover his hereditary kingdom.
But he had underestimated the opposition of Protestant Sweden.
As it had been agreed in the Treaty of Linkeping that the estates should have the right to oppose any party that violated the treaty, the Diet of Stockholm, on july twenty fourth, fifteen ninety nine, deposed Sigismund and transferred the government to Charles.
This was the end of Zigismund's rule in Sweden.
It was also the final triumph of Protestantism in that country, an event of the greatest significance not only for the destinies of the Swedish people, but also for the general religious history of Europe, for it was on the Swedish rock that the mighty waves of the Counter Reformation broke and were driven back.
The difficulties in the way of the new ruler were many.
He did not venture at once, though repeatedly urged by the estates, to assume the royal title.
Zigismund's party was not yet powerless in Sweden, it still held Kalmar and other fortresses, and
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