https://www.medievalists.net/2024/10/education-medieval-iceland/?utm_source=gravitec&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=Push%20Notification
Who'd be a Bishop...?
Nolo epscopari, as they say.
I did like their definition of the end of the Middle Ages and its date
"Iceland was an island without cities or towns, even at the end of the Middle Ages – conventionally dated to 1550, when the last Catholic bishop was beheaded and the country became formally Lutheran."
I find different countries' ideas of when the end of the Middle Ages was interesting.
I thought the beheading bit was quite interesting.... :P
At a similar period, we were, of course, happily beheading bishops, abbots, even wives :o
Quote from: Erpingham on Oct 13, 2024, 11:17 AMAt a similar period, we were, of course, happily beheading bishops, abbots, even wives :o
Equal opportunities. We beheaded lay people as well and went on to behead a monarch