The laws of Mediaeval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a weal
The Swedish scholar and prelate, Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala, lived the latter half of his life in exile. His devotion to his country and his people never faltered,
The compilation of Icelandic laws--the title translates as Grey Goose, for some reason no one can or will explain--was committed to writing in 1117-1118, and survives in two 13th-century manuscripts.
The laws of Mediaeval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a weal
