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100 1 _aJärv, Jaak,
_d1852-1920
245 1 0 _aKarolus
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-31
508 _aTuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen
520 _a"Karolus : Historiallinen kertomus Viron kansan vapausajan alkupuolelta" by Järv is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. It depicts the forced Christianization, rising serfdom, and resistance of the Estonian people under Danish-German rule, following the fates of the defiant peasant Oglas, his steadfast wife Saale, and their son Karolus, who is raised by the Danish lord Arnolf von Ludinghausen and torn between privilege and conscience. The story centers on moral courage, oppression, and the clash between faith as preached and power as practiced. The opening of the novel shows peasants compelled to build a fortress wall at Lämela; Oglas urges them to stop forging their own chains and leads them to symbolically wash away baptism, after which Ludinghausen has them enslaved and families torn apart. A planned massacre of drunken nobles during a feast is betrayed—Saale informs to prevent bloodshed—leading to executions and dispersals; the child Kahro is seized, renamed Karolus, and raised by Ludinghausen. Growing up, Karolus rejects the priesthood after witnessing clerical hypocrisy, turns to arms, defends abused peasants, distinguishes himself in battle, and is made a vassal, yet remains troubled by his people’s misery and falls in love with Arnolf’s daughter Kordelia, who reveals his lineage from the fallen Estonian king Warpo. After thwarting villains who menace Kordelia and sheltering fugitives, Karolus petitions the estates to curb brutality; the nobles explode in outrage, strip his rights, and have him imprisoned. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPorvoo: "Työläisen" kirjapaino, 1911
653 _aEstonia -- History -- Fiction
700 1 _aKujala, Juho,
_d1878-1919
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76202
999 _c116927
_d116927