Erik XIV
Oratio de Iniusto Bello Regis Daniae anno
1563
contra Regem Sueciae Ericum 14 Gesto

By Magnus Karlsson
November 2003
Almqvist & Wiksell International
ISBN: 91-22-02021-7
261 pages, Illustrated, 6 ¾" x 9 ½"
$75.00 Paper Original


This is a Ph.D. dissertation. This text was written in 1564, and gives the view of King Erik XIV of Sweden (1560-68) on the prehistory of what is referred to as the Nordic Seven Years' War (1563-70). This is the first edition of the complete text, and the first ever critical edition. The Latin text is accompanied by an English translation, a commentary, and a glossary. Contents include: The Purpose of the Present Work, The Nordic Seven Years' War, The Oratio de Iniusto Bello and Editorial Principles.

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