Sublime

They offer repeated testimonials to the quality of their sources, the social status or number of the witnesses, and whether the writers were personally present. Even the recording of distant events reflects a clear concern to report only what was credible. Thus the chronicler of St Paul's Cathedral in London recorded, of an exceptionally severe

If a matter could not be resolved at one court, it would move up to the next level of assembly, sometimes with a gap of some months. Delegates would represent their districts, often with spokesmen who were especially gifted at public speaking or legal argument. The speeches were heard by the presiding official—the lawspeaker—who, as his name

Leif Eiríksson, allegedly the first European to land in North America, was also known as hinn heppni, ‘the Lucky’.