Nils Dacke
Swedish rebel
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role in Dacke War
- In Dacke War
Led by Nils Dacke, an outlaw, the peasants of the province of Småland took up arms against the King in the spring of 1542 in protest against the royal suppression of Catholicism; furthermore, the ruthless collection procedures of nobles and state bailiffs exacerbated the peasants’ discontent. After…
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