Norway
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From conversion to concordat |
At first the Vikings thought they'd found a new and better war god, but soon these fierce warriors found themselves being controlled by a distant pope who ruled in Rome. | |
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The concordat of Magnus the Law-Mender (1277) : Introduction |
Magnus the Law-Mender issues the first Western secular law code, but is forced by the concordat to let Church courts decide in any matter which they considered within their sphere. A translation is included of the excellent Norwegian Wikipedia article on this concordat. | |
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The Treaty of Tonsberg, 1277: text and summary |
As the concordat's introduction makes clear, this was a quiet settlement between the Archbishop and the King, made out-of-court in order to avoid suspicion that this Vatican treaty went "against the people by abolishing the customs" (the traditional law) in giving the Church vast new powers over them. |
