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86 MARGARET OF NOEWAT.
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-A*«-> • It Was Now The Year 1396, And T...
by since , in compliance with the demands of Norway , she chose him for her heir . He was now twelve years of age . Of his
childhood we know only that Margaret loved him as a son . Whether he then deserved that affection , or whether the ingratitude that
sullied his youth , and the cruelty that stained his manhood , had yet been manifested by any outward sign , are matter for speculation
only . Introduced to the nobles , he was next presented to the deputies of the States of Denmark , and by them recognised as Queen
Margaret ' s -ward and colleague . The same form was then repeated in Norway and in Sweden , and towards the spring of 1396
preparations were set on foot for his coronation . To this ceremony the representatives of all three nations _-were summoned , and an
extraordinary supply was voted to discharge the expenses of the celebration .
On the day of the Holy Trinity , in the month of June , 1396 , _* the electors met upon the plains of Mora just seven miles from
Upsala , a spot still rendered interesting by the remains of the Morasteenor Stonehenge of Sweden . Here Eric ' s election was solemnly
, confirmed , and , being crowned with the three crowns and seated on the centre stone , he received the homage of the nobles . The
festivities that followed were the grandest ever known at Upsala , and one hundred and thirty-three gentlemen received the dignity of
knighthood in honor of the occasion . And now , having urged on this coronation for the mere sake of
bringing together the whole of the Danish , Swedish , and Norwegian deputies , Queen Margaret made known her project , and
consulted with them upon the expediency of an union . Averse as they were at first to resign their distinctive liberties , her eloquence , her
arguments , her promises at last prevailed . At Calmar , in a strange old castle , half Greek , half Gothic , they met daily for a month , to
frame the conditions of the union ; and in July , on St . Margaret ' s daythey signed and sealed that famous treaty which has handed
, down Queen Margaret ' s name to all posterity , and which stands forward as the chief landmark of northern history in the middle
ages . nation * Historians and the mostl signing y agree of the in Calmar giving 1397 treaty as but the year the following both of Eri statement c ' s
coro-, ( extracted from Coxe ' s Travels in Sweden" ) offers a convincing reason for says the , substitution " about seven of mile 1396 s . from Speaking the town of , this and is anti still que marke circle d , by "It the lies remain , " he s
of mutilated stones , one of which is known by the name of Morasteen , on reign which and the soverei date of gns the were enthronement enthroned . were * * at * the * same The time name inscribed of the sove on
curious another certificate stone , as made a public by a memorial public notary of the who election in 1430 . This at the app request ears from of the a
Eric Archbishop of Pomerania of Upsala was , examined raised to the the throne Mora stone , . * to * ascertain * , * The the year names in which of the continues after
King sovereigns Euge thus , 1060 inscribed ; King , " Magnus Ladulas Mr . Coxe , 1276 ; some Magnus digression Smek , , _" 1319 were ; Travels in SwedenPoland
Emc XIII ., 1396 . "— Coxe ' s " , , _# c . "
86 Margaret Of Noewat.
86 MARGARET OF NOEWAT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/14/
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