Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

MAGNUS JAKOB CRUSENSTOLPE (1795-1865)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 552 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

MAGNUS See also:JAKOB See also:CRUSENSTOLPE (1795-1865)  , See also:Swedish historian, See also:early became famous both as a See also:political and a See also:historical writer . His first important See also:work was a See also:History of the Early Years of the See also:Life of See also:King Gustavus IV . See also:Adolphus, which was followed by a See also:series of monographs and by some politico-historical novels, of which The See also:House of See also:Holstein-Gottorp in See also:Sweden is considered the best . He obtained a See also:great See also:influence over King See also:Charles XIV . (Bernadotte), who during the years 1830–1833 gave him his fullest confidence, and sanctioned the See also:official See also:character of See also:Crusenstolpe's newspaper Fdderneslandet . In the last-mentioned See also:year, however, the historian suddenly became the king's bitterest enemy, and used his acrid See also:pen on all occasions in attacking him . In 1838 he was condemned, for one of these angry utterances, to be imprisoned three years in the See also:castle of Waxholm . He continued his See also:literary labours until his See also:death in 1865 . Few Swedish writers have wielded so pure and so incisive a See also:style as Crusenstolpe, but his historical work is vitiated by political and See also:personal See also:bias .

End of Article: MAGNUS JAKOB CRUSENSTOLPE (1795-1865)
[back]
CRUSADES
[next]
CHRISTIAN AUGUST CRUSIUS (1715–1775)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.