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18 set 2018 · King Charles XII had brought nothing but misery for the ordinary people of Sweden through 20 years of bloody warfare. Suspicions arose about who might have murdered the king. Suspects included his brother-in-law, who eventually succeeded him as King Frederick I, and indeed any wealthy Swede who was suffering from Charles’ 17% taxation of their wealth to fund his wars.
17 set 2012 · Much of the credit for Sweden’s protracted resistance rests with the fifth, last and most controversial of this line of notable rulers: Charles XII (1682-1718). An endlessly fascinating figure ...
10 giu 2009 · The reputation of Charles XII who became king of Sweden before he was fifteen years old and had the responsibility of absolutist goverment thrust upon him within the next six months - contrary to the plans laid down for him by his father - has tended to attract political rather than historical assessment. This is explicable not so much by the domestic situation of Sweden at the outset of his ...
François-Marie Arouet known as Voltaire, was born in Paris in 1694. He was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand (1704-1711), where he learned Latin and Greek; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English. By the time he left school, Voltaire had decided he wanted to be a writer.
Voltaire continued to write plays, such as Mérope (or La Mérope française) and began his long research into science and history. From 1762, he began to champion unjustly persecuted people, the case of Jean Calas being the most celebrated.
This classic is organized as follows:I. Outline of Swedish history up to the time of Charles XI—Charles’s education—His enemies—Character-sketch of the Czar, Peter Alexiowitz—His peculiarities—Alliance of Russia, Poland, Denmark against Charles XII.II. Sudden and extraordinary transformation in the character of Charles XII—At the age of eighteen he carries on war with Denmark ...
14 nov 2017 · Voltaire: Charles XII was the Bravest of the Brave. The French philosopher François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known simply as Voltaire, was a prolific and prominent writer of the Enlightenment. He chooses to write his history of Charles, The Lion of the North, so that it may be read by the princes and rulers of Europe and by doing so they will ...
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