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Helga Aradóttir
Helga Aradóttir (1538–1614) was the daughter of Ari Jónsson and the granddaughter of bishop Jón Arason of Hólar, both of whom were executed in 1550. Her mother Halldóra Þorleifsdóttir, Ari Jónsson's wife, also died while Helga was still a young girl, and she was raised by relatives. Helga came from a wealthy family and was well educated by sixteenth-century standards; she was by no means docile and passive. Páll Jónsson (Staðarhóls-Páll), a member of the powerful Svalbarð family who was both a poet and a high-ranking administrative official, courted Helga despite strenuous opposition from Helga's grandfather, and he composed adoring love poems to her that have survived in manuscripts. Although the pair eventually married and had children, their relationship was stormy and they separated.:is:Staðarhóls-Páll_(Páll_Jónsson) Unusually for the sixteenth century, Páll Jónsson attempted to obtain a legal divorce from Helga so that he could marry Halldóra Guðbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Arason
Jón Arason (1484 – November 7, 1550) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet, who was executed in his struggle against the Reformation in Iceland. Background Jón Arason was born in Gryta, educated at Munkaþverá, the Benedictine abbey of Iceland, and was ordained a Catholic priest about 1504. Having attracted the notice of Gottskálk Nikulásson bishop of Hólar, he was sent on two missions to Norway. When Gottskálk died in 1520, Jón Arason was chosen as his successor in the episcopal see of Hólar, but he was not officially ordained until 1524. The other Icelandic bishop, Ögmundur Pálsson of Skálholt, had strongly opposed Jón and even attempted to arrest him in 1522, but Jón managed to escape Iceland on a German ship. The two bishops were eventually reconciled in 1525. Bishop Ögmundur later opposed the imposition of Lutheranism to Iceland, but being old and blind by that time his opposition was ineffective. Clerical celibacy was practiced in medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
