The Burning of Bishop Adam: perspectives of a murder on the Norse-Scottish border

In 1222, Adam, bishop of Caithness, was murdered by a group of Caithness landholders. Although it appears in a fourteenth century manuscript, the Old Norse text Brenna Adams Byskups (The Burning of Bishop Adam) originated in Iceland in the 1230s. It provides a Caithness-based perspective on Adam’s d...

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Main Author: Fairfax, Tom (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University Press 2021
In: The Innes review
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 101-127
Further subjects:B Scandinavian Scotland
B Medieval
B Earldom of Orkney
B Icelandic sagas
B Church History
B Caithness
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