James L. Larson Reforming the North; The Kingdoms and Churches of Scandinavia, 1520 1545 (2010)

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.Bille had a personal interest in preventingthe grants to Gustaf Vasa.The duke informed Vincens Lunge andBishop R�v that Bille was on his way to Trondheim to push throughan election and levy a silver tax; Lunge and R�v were asked toaccompany him to insure that his demands were heard and heeded.50This news reached the southern council in mid-November 1535.They reacted with consternation.The way to Trondheim in mid-winter was long and hard.Lunge feared his intrigues would berevealed.The season, the distance, the difficulty in assembling thenorthern council made Trondheim out of the question.Since thearchbishop s canon was still in Oslo, carried the archepiscopal seal,and was authorized to act on Engelbrektsson s behalf, it was clear thatBille s mission was best carried out in Oslo.The archbishop was warned to issue the letter of acclamation.The southern councillors would seal it in Oslo and spare everyonethe journey to Trondheim.Canon Olufsson warned the archbishopof Danish suspicisons.51 Archbishop Olav replied December 7.Heapproved the southern division s actions.He was returning their pre-liminary drafts of the acclamation without a seal, and explained thatCanon Olufsson would seal the act on his behalf.If the southern-ers still thought it essential to come to Trondheim, they would bewelcome.52In Oslo it was clear the archbishop was buying time and avoidinga binding resolution.Klaus Bille reached Oslo early in December1535.A week later the delegation from the southern council set offfor distant Trondheim.50DN XV 514, 515; XIII, nr.617.51DN XIII, nr.617, 618.52DN XII, nr.558, 562, 563.352 Civil War, 1533 1536reverses by land and seaJohann Rantzau landed a small force on southwest Fyn March 16 18,1535.L�beck s ships in the B�lt could not prevent Rantzau fromestablishing a beachhead and marching north.Knechts guarding thestrait at Middlefart hurried to intercept the invaders.On the eveof Palm Sunday 1535, the two forces collided near Assens.L�beck sKnechts withdrew abruptly inside Assens, leaving their allies, thecommoners of Fyn, to fend for themselves.Rantzau s Knechts dealtwith them as they had the defenders of Aalborg.Duke Christiandescribed the result in his admonition to the townsmen of N�stvedon Sj�lland. The warfolk took to their heels and fled to the town ofAssens, and left the poor, betrayed, and maddened mob of commonerson the spot in Angst and fear of death, so that unfortunately a greatmany men were slain. 53Some of Rantzau s men took up a position outside Assens, butfailed to take the town.Another force subdued the rest of the islandand occupied the fortification at Middlefart.Snogh�j on the oppositeshore of Jylland was strengthened to control the B�lt and guaranteethe passage of supplies and reinforcements.On Fyn, only Assens,Svendborg, and Nyborg held out; Rantzau s Knechts controlled therest of the island.Rantzau ordered nobles, burghers, and farmers torenew their fealty to Duke Christian.Rantzau s success caught Copenhagen napping.A month passedbefore Count Hoya left Sj�lland with three hundred horse, landedat Nyborg, and proceeded to Svendborg in the south.54 Later inApril, Count Christoffer s commander, Bastian von Jessen, landedwith two or three companies of Knechts and two hundred horse.They marched on Odense and plundered the town.Duke Albrechtcontinued to weigh his options at Kors�r on the southwest coast ofSj�lland.Rantzau received reinforcements from Jylland almost daily.Wullenweber wrote Duke Albrecht at the end of May, urging him togo to Fyn and take charge. For while luck runs on Our side we havefriends enough; but if we delay this matter so long that it has anotheroutcome, may God Almighty prevent it, we shall have neither friendsnor well-wishers. 55 Discontent among the confederates mercenar-ies on Fyn was growing.The Knechts had not been paid, and there53Duke Christian to the townsfolk of Naestved Apr 19 1535, Grevefeidens Aktst, II, 67 72.54Grevens Feide, I, 414 15.55Wullenweber to Duke Albrecht May 31, Jun 4 1535, Grevefeidens Aktst, I, 412 15.The War of All Against All 353were cases of mutiny.Bastian von Jessen lost control of his men, andwas murdered, probably by his own servants.The showdown on Fyn took place early in June [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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