CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION PAQ1J 



NORTHERN LITERATURE IN THE THIRTEENTH CEN- 

 TURY 1 



THE SPECULUM REGALE, OR KING'S MIRROR; SOURCES 6 

 SCIENTIFIC LORE AND THE BELIEF IN MARVELS 11 



COURTESY AND THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD 26 



THE THEORY OF THE DIVINE RIGHT OF NORWEGIAN 



KINGSHIP 33 



ETHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL IDEAS OF THE WORK 49 



MODERN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KING'S MIRROR 53 



THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORSHIP 54 



DATE AND PLACE OF COMPOSITION 59 



EDITIONS OF THE KING*S MIRROR 65 



THE KING'S MIRROR 



I. INTRODUCTION: NAME AND PURPOSE OF THE WORK 72 



II. " THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WIS- 

 DOM " 



III. THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF A MERCHANT 79 



IV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED 81 

 V. THE SUN AND THE WINDS 86 



VI. THE TIDES AND THE CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE 



SUN 92 



VII. THE SUBJECT OF THE SUN*S COURSE CONTINUED 95 



VIII. THE MARVELS OF NORWAY 99 



IX. POPULAR DOUBT AS TO THE GENUINENESS OF MARVELS 102 



X. THE NATURAL WONDERS OF IRELAND 105 



XI. IRISH MARVELS WHICH HAVE MIRACULOUS ORIGINS 111 



XII. THE MARVELS OF THE ICELANDIC SEAS! WHALES; THE 



KRAKEN 119 



XIII. THE WONDERS OF ICELAND 126 



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