Sheep letter
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sheep-letter-167-2571458
title:
Sheep letter
text:
The Sheep Letter is the oldest surviving document of the Faroe Islands. It is a royal decree enacted on 28 June 1298 by Duke Haakon, who later became King Haakon V of Norway. It deals principally with sheep husbandry, but also deals with other matters and functioned as a kind of constitution, removing most administrative power from the local Thing to the king and his representatives. It was drafted on the advice of Erlend, Bishop of the Diocese of the Faroe Islands in Kirkjubøur and of Sjúrður,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Oldest surviving document of the Faroe Islands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_letter
date created:
2015-09-25T14:50:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T03:33:27Z
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