Sagas and politics in 13th century Borgarfjörður

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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Why did the Icelanders write so much more than almost everybody else in the Middle Ages? This is an old problem that has still not been solved to everyone’s satisfaction.