> Spain and Portugal were only together for 60 years (1580-1640), the
> "Babylonian Captivity" according to the Portuguese. But by that time,
> the languages had already completed most of the convergence, which
> I guess, was due to the Renaissance.
> Sweden was subject to the tyrannical bloodthirsty ravenous Danes
> for about 143 woeful years of abject tyranny ;p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Bloodbath
The number of victims of the Stockholm bloodbath is usually set at
appr 80 noblemen and clergy.
BTW the court physician of Christian II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_II_of_Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Christian_II_of_Denmark
was Paracelsus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus
who, inspite of Mme Blavatsky's protestations to the contrary, used
mercury in his potions. He was given to angry outbursts; he died young.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning
Wrt the 'emotional lability' note the story of Christian II crossing
Little Belt several times in a fit of indecision and his excessive
cruelty once he made up his mind.
Further:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blodbadet_i_R%C3%B8nneby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapphane
Swedish wars before 1658 were also waged against the civilians in
Scania. I am not aware of anything similar done by Danish forces on
Swedish soil.
In 1659, during the final Swedish push to conquer the rest of Denmark,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_assault_on_Copenhagen
the Swedish queen toured the Danish provinces, sequestering everything
she took a liking to, including several noblemen's private
several-thousand strong libraries, which to this day remains as war
booty in Sweden, which Sweden on principle doesn't hand back. Some of
it includes the Gothic Codex Argenteus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Argenteus
and several Icelandic manuscripts, taken as war booty in Denmark,
which Iceland won't ask Sweden to return, in order not to create a bad
mood in the Nordic Council (Denmark returned the remaining ones in the
60's)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnamagn%C3%A6an_Manuscript_Collection
Recently Sweden announced, under much fanfare, that it intends to
return archeological treasures of third world countries to their
rightful owners.
Torsten