Regaining Iceland for the Catholic Church in the mid-19th Century
In the late 1850s, the Church of Rome sent missionaries to Iceland; to begin with, a Catholic priest and an assistant. The proclaimed purpose of their stay was to service the thousands of French seamen that were fishing for cod in Icelandic waters. However, although the official and most visible pur...
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The University of Akureyri
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Nordicum-Mediterraneum |
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| Online Access: | http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/volume-9-no-1-2014/66-interviews-memoirs-and-other-contributions/473-regaining-iceland-for-the-catholic-church-in-the-mid-19th-century-3 |