My Life As A Historian: Sabaton History's Early Modern Sweden Trilogy (Part 2)

Part Two of Sabaton History's trilogy on early-modern Sweden continues.

The Swedish Empire was on the verge of collapse. After years of mismanagement and neglect, King Charles XI. could only stand and watch as a huge Danish army invaded the realm from the south. Fortress after fortress fell in front of the Danish advance into Scania. With his back to the wall, King Charles XI. had only one option left: To fight! The Swedish Empire rallied its remaining forces and prepared to strike back with the fury of desperation. With the future of Sweden on the line, the two armies met on the frozen battlefield of Lund.

The story is what happens when you allow the ruling class to become weak through allowing venality and pettiness to supercede the proper perspective of ensuring that your new king--your nation's father, reflecting the Father--is properly groomed into the patriarch he must be to succeed. At that point out, when the crisis inevitably comes because your enemies notice that you're weak, you find out if the blood of your would-be king is true or not. Fortunately here, Sweden did have a man who--despite his defects--was a true king and rose to the challenge.

Let's see where this concludes. Next Thursday should be interesting.