Cudgel War
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The Cudgel War was a 1596–1597 peasant uprising in Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. The name of the uprising derives from the fact that the peasants armed themselves with various
Burned Village (1879) by Albert Edelfelt
A memorial plaque dedicated to the fallen peasants
Old Isokyrö Church was the venue for the Cudgel War
A Cudgel War memorial
Klaus Fleming
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Baron Klaus Eriksson Fleming was a Finnish-born member of the Swedish nobility and admiral, who played an important role in Finnish and Swedish history during the rise of Sweden as a Great Power. He w
Cudgel War
…against their heavily armoured enemies. The yeomen also had swords, some firearms, and two cannons at their disposal. Their opponents, the troops of Clas Eriksson Fleming, were professional, heavily armed and armoured men-at-arms. Modern Finnish historiography sees the uprising in the context of the conflict between Duke…
Duke Karl Insulting the Corpse of Klaus Fleming, Albert Edelfelt, 1878. Fleming's wife Ebba Stenbock on the right.