Complex sentence: He expelled the noblemen and burned down many of their castles, for a time he was the master of much of Jutland and October 16 he even defeated an improvised army of aristocrats at the village of Svenstrup.
Split into simpler sentences: He expelled the noblemen and burned down many of their castles, for a time he was the master of much of Jutland. On October 16 he even defeated an improvised army of aristocrats at the village of Svenstrup.