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The Norse Codex: A Saga of Two Lovers in Norse Greenland by Dan Guenther [Guenther, Dan] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The year is 1545, and Prince Jobst von Witz, a war weary German prince turned scholar, travels to the University of Bologna to continue his education after attending a lecture by Martin Luther. While Luthers words may have inspired Jobst to pursue further study in Italy, his association with a major figure of the Reformation raises the suspicions of the Cardinal Legato of Bologna that Prince Jobst may be Luthers spy. Prince Jobst is asked to translate fourteen chronicles from a Norse manuscript written by Magnus of Vaksdal in 1072. The manuscript tells the brutal tale of the conversion of the pagan Greenland Norse by one Father Ulf. With the help of his mentor, Mordecai of Cordoba, Jobst completes the task, only to find that both Mordecai and the cardinal would have him create a falsely idealized version of the past where Father Ulf is characterized as a candidate for sainthood; thereby making the fourteen chronicles of The Norse Codex, a religious relic. Prince Jobst balks at creating this false history and challenges the ethics of the cardinals request. However, before Jobst has a chance to present his final translation, a political crisis arises in city of Bologna because of the
Who reads The Norse Codex: A Saga of Two Lovers in Norse Greenland?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dan Guenther [Guenther, Dan]
- Publisher
- The Learning Line
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781733659901
- Category
- nonfiction