Talk:Corfitz Ulfeldt

Ridiculous POVy commentary

"His character was marked by ambition, avarice[,] and absolute lack of honor or conscience"; "he migrated to Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania[] and began the intrigues which have branded his name with infamy"; he "entered the service of his country's deadliest foe, for the express purpose of humiliating his sovereign and enriching himself"; &c.

Can we get some sources and context for this stuff? I don't want to say that the traditional Danish narrative is unimportant, but it certainly isn't the whole picture. Even Benedict Arnold is a hero to the British. Wouldn't the Swedes look kindly on this guy? Wouldn't historians view him as an able courtier simply performing as well as he could given the nature of his times and situation? — LlywelynII 11:13, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Not so much traditional Danish narrative as traditional Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 narrative. In Denmark his traditional role as an arch-traitor was revised and nuanced way back in the 19th century with the popular publication of the prison memories of Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, so I wouldn't mind deleting the quoted passage completely or at least trimming all of the weaselwords and antiquated judgements and replace it with a neutral wording instead. --Saddhiyama (talk) 17:07, 22 April 2012 (UTC)