English below.
Christian den 2 var en konge, som stod på den almindelige
borgers side, især støttede han næringsliv og handel. Han var konge
af Danmark og Norge i perioden 1513-1523 og af Sverige i perioden
1520-1523. Hans borgervenlige politik blev lagt for had af den
magtfulde adel, da de følte sig truet på stilling og anseelse.
Efter han blev konge af Sverige, hvor han fik tilnavnet
Christian Tyran på grund af Det Stockholmske Blodbad, gav han
købstæderne eneret på al handel, og fratog dermed adelen retten til
at handle med egne varer.
I Sverige udbrød der i 1521 et oprør mod kongen, som resulterede
i, at Sverige løsrev sig fra Danmark. I 1523 samlede kongen en stor
hær af lejetropper, og gik til angreb på Sverige. Omkostningerne
førte til store skatteudskrivninger, som gik ud over de velstillede
adelsmænd i Jylland, som gjorde oprør mod kongen, hvorefter han
måtte flygte til Nederlandene., og den danske adel og gejstlighed
tilbød Christian farbror, Frederik (den 1), tronen.
Det blev nye strenge tider for den almindelige borger, og
Clement Andersen, en bondesøn som var blevet søofficer, bedre kendt
for eftertiden som Skipper Clement, rejse de jydske bønder til
borgerkrig med henblik på, at få Christian den 2 genindsat som
konge. Hans bondehær på 6000 mand nedkæmpede adelshærens 1200 mand
ved Lere Sig, lidt nord for Svenstrup. Dengang var området et
særdeles sumpet vådområde på 35 ha. Nærmest uigennemtrængeligt for
adelshæren, i deres tunge rustninger.
I anden ombæring fik adelshæren under ledelse af Johan Rantzau
overtaget, og den oprørske bondeanfører blev fanget. Han sad
fængslet på Koldinghus indtil han i 1536 blev henrettet og lagt på
hjul og stejle, hvilket vil sige, at hans afsjælede legeme blev
parteret, hovedet sat på en lang stang, og lemmerne lagt på et
vognhjul, som var fæstnet til en lang pæl. Til skræk og advarsel
for de, der stadig gik med oprørske tanker.
Statuen af Skipper Clement blev en realitet, da historisk
interesserede nordjyder besluttede at der skulle rejses et minde.
Monumentet er udført af billedhuggeren Johannes Bjerg, og blev
afsløret i 1931.
English:
Christian the 2´nd was a King who was at the ordinary citizens
site, and he especially supported trade and industry, and commerce.
He was king of Denmark and Norway in the period 1513-1523 and
Sweden in the period 1520-1523. His citizen-friendly policy was
hated by the powerful nobility, because they felt threatened on the
position and prestige.
After he became king of Sweden, where he was nicknamed the
Christian The Tyran because of the Stockholm Bloodbath, he gave
towns monopoly on all trade, and thereby deprived the nobility the
right to trade with their own products.
In Sweden broke out in 1521 a revolt against King, which
resulted in that Sweden broke away from Denmark. In 1523 the king
gathered a large army of mercenaries, and went to the attack on
Sweden. Costs led to large tax discharges, which went beyond the
wealthy noblemen in Jutland, who rebelled against the king,
whereupon he fled to the Netherlands. The Danish nobility and
clergy offered Christian uncle, Frederik (1) throne.
It was new hard times for the ordinary citizen, and Clement
Anderson, a lad who had been naval officer, better known to
posterity as Skipper Clement, traveling the Jutland peasants to a
civil war in order to get Christian the 2´nd reinstated as king.
His peasant army of 6,000 men defeated the noble mens army in 1200
at Leere Sig, just north of Svenstrup. At that time the area was a
very marshy wetland of 35 ha. Almost impervious to the noble mens
army, in their heavy armor.
In second place was the noble mens army under the leadership of
Johan Rantzau taken over, and the rebellious peasant Skipper
Clement were caught. He was imprisoned at Koldinghus until he in
1536 was executed and placed on the wheel, which means that his
lifeless body was dismembered, his head sat on a long pole, and the
limbs placed on a wagon wheel which was fixed to a long pole . A
deterrent for those who still walked with rebellious thoughts.
The statue of Skipper Clement became a reality when the community
decided that there should be raised a memorial. The monument is
made by sculptor John Mountain, and was unveiled in 1931. .