Pall Jonsson Skalholtsbiskup: Nokkrrar athuganir a sogu hans og kirkjustjorn.~(book reviews)

Publication: The Journal of English and Germanic Philology

Publication Date: 01-JUL-96

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NOKKRAR ATHUGANIR A SOGU HANS OG KIRKJUSTJORN. By Sveinbjorn Rafnsson. (Ritsafn Sagnfraedistofnunar, 33.) Reykjavik: [Sagnfraedistofnun Haskola Islands], 1993. Pp. 139.

Pall Jonsson, bishop of Skalholt from 1195 to 1211, is a much-neglected figure in Icelandic history. Scion of one of the most prominent families of twelfth-century Iceland, he was educated in England, returning home to marry and settle down to the life of an up-and-coming chieftain; he had received decanal orders by this time. Elected bishop of Skalholt in 1194, Pall went abroad again for ordination and consecration. Once installed in Skalholt he exerted himself in both the administration of his see and the ornamentation of his cathedral. He made the first known catalogue of...

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