Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus : Romæ 1555 = Description of the northern peoples : Rome 1555. Volume 1 / Olaus Magnus ; translated by Peter Fisher and Humphrey Higgens ; edited by Peter Foote ; with annotation derived from the commentary by John Granlund abridged and augmented.

The Swedish scholar and prelate, Olaus Magnus (1490-1557), last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala, lived the latter half of his life in exile. His devotion to his country and his people never faltered, nor his determination to give them a glorious place on the European cultural map by his writings. On...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Olaus, Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1490-1557 (Author)
Other Authors:	Fisher, Peter, 1934- (Translator), Higgens, Humphrey (Translator), Foote, Peter, 1924-2009 (Editor), Granlund, John, 1901-1982 (Annotator)
Other title:	Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Romae 1555. English. Description of the northern peoples : Rome 1555. Volume 1.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Series:	Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 182.
Subjects:	Scandinavia > History. Scandinavia > Civilization. Ethnology > Scandinavia. Scandinavia > Description and travel. Civilization. Ethnology. Travel. Scandinavia. History.