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The King’s Mirror (Speculum Regale--Konungs Skuggsjá) tr. from the old Norwegian

The King’s Mirror (Speculum Regale--Konungs Skuggsjá) tr. from the old Norwegian

by Laurence Marcellus Larson

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Translator
Larson, Laurence Marcellus, 1868-1938
Title
The King's Mirror (Speculum regale-Konungs skuggsjá)
Credits
Produced by Turgut Dincer, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject
Education of princes
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 61264
Release Date
January 29, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE KING’S MIRROR
  2. 2.FOREWORD
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.I INTRODUCTION: NAME AND PURPOSE OF THE WORK
  6. 6.II “THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM”
  7. 7.III THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF A MERCHANT
  8. 8.IV THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  9. 9.V THE SUN AND THE WINDS
  10. 10.VI THE TIDES AND THE CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE SUN
  11. 11.VII THE SUBJECT OF THE SUN’S COURSE CONTINUED
  12. 12.VIII THE MARVELS OF NORWAY
  13. 13.IX POPULAR DOUBT AS TO THE GENUINENESS OF MARVELS
  14. 14.X THE NATURAL WONDERS OF IRELAND
  15. 15.XI IRISH MARVELS WHICH HAVE MIRACULOUS ORIGINS
  16. 16.XII THE MARVELS OF THE ICELANDIC SEAS: WHALES; THE KRAKEN
  17. 17.XIII THE WONDERS OF ICELAND
  18. 18.XIV THE VOLCANIC FIRES OF ICELAND
  19. 19.XV OTHER ICELANDIC WONDERS: ORE AND MINERAL SPRINGS
  20. 20.XVI THE MARVELS OF THE WATERS ABOUT GREENLAND: MONSTERS, SEALS, AND WALRUSES
  21. 21.XVII THE ANIMAL LIFE OF GREENLAND AND THE CHARACTER OF THE LAND IN THOSE REGIONS
  22. 22.XVIII THE PRODUCTS OF GREENLAND
  23. 23.XIX THE CLIMATE OF GREENLAND; THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
  24. 24.XX THE SUBJECT OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CONTINUED
  25. 25.XXI THE ZONES OF HEAT AND COLD
  26. 26.XXII THE WINDS WITH RESPECT TO NAVIGATION
  27. 27.XXIII THE PROPER SEASON FOR NAVIGATION. END OF THE FIRST PART
  28. 28.XXIV INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND PART: THE KING AND HIS COURT
  29. 29.XXV THE IMPORTANCE OF COURTESY IN THE ROYAL SERVICE
  30. 30.XXVI THE ADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM SERVICE IN THE KING’S HOUSEHOLD
  31. 31.XXVII THE VARIOUS CLASSES AMONG THE KINGSMEN
  32. 32.XXVIII THE HONORED POSITION OF THE KINGSMEN
  33. 33.XXIX THE SUPERIOR ORDER OF KINGSMEN: THE HIRD
  34. 34.XXX HOW A MAN WHO WISHES TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD SERVICE SHOULD APPROACH THE KING
  35. 35.XXXI WHY ONE SHOULD NOT WEAR A MANTLE IN THE ROYAL PRESENCE
  36. 36.XXXII RULES OF SPEECH AND CONVERSATION IN THE KING’S HALL
  37. 37.XXXIII THE PROPER USES OF “YOU” AND “THOU”
  38. 38.XXXIV THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  39. 39.XXXV CONCERNING FAILURE OF CROPS AND DEARTH IN MORALS AND GOVERNMENT
  40. 40.XXXVI THE CAUSES OF SUCH PERIODS OF DEARTH AND WHAT FORMS THE DEARTH MAY TAKE
  41. 41.XXXVII THE DUTIES, ACTIVITIES, AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN
  42. 42.XXXVIII WEAPONS FOR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE
  43. 43.XXXIX MILITARY ENGINES
  44. 44.XL THE PROPER MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF A ROYAL COURT
  45. 45.XLI THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  46. 46.XLII A DISCUSSION OF HOW GOD REWARDS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HUMILITY, AND FIDELITY, ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM SACRED AND PROFANE HISTORY
  47. 47.XLIII THE DUTIES AND THE EXALTED POSITION OF THE KING
  48. 48.XLIV THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  49. 49.XLV CONCERNING THE MODERATION WHICH A KING MUST OBSERVE IN HIS JUDICIAL SENTENCES AND PENALTIES, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN FROM THE STORY OF GOD’S JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF ADAM AND EVE, IN WHICH CASE TRUTH AND JUSTICE WERE ASSOCIATED WITH PEACE AND MERCY
  50. 50.XLVI AN EXAMPLE OF RIGHTEOUS SEVERITY IN JUDGMENT DRAWN FROM THE STORY OF GOD’S CONDEMNATION OF LUCIFER
  51. 51.XLVII A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF VERDICTS AND PENALTIES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE STORY OF LUCIFER’S REBELLION AND DOWNFALL AND OF THE SIN AND PUNISHMENT OF THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN
  52. 52.XLVIII A COMMENTARY ON THE STORY OF LUCIFER
  53. 53.XLIX INSTANCES IN WHICH GOD HAS ALLOWED THE DECISION TO BE FRAMED ACCORDING TO THE STERN DEMANDS OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE
  54. 54.L OTHER INSTANCES IN WHICH THE ARGUMENTS OF PEACE AND MERCY HAVE HAD GREATER WEIGHT
  55. 55.LI THE REASONS FOR THIS DIVERSITY IN THE VERDICTS OF GOD
  56. 56.LII THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  57. 57.LIII INSTANCES IN WHICH GOD HAS MODIFIED HIS SENTENCES AND THE REASONS FOR SUCH MODIFICATIONS
  58. 58.LIV THE KING’S PRAYER
  59. 59.LV A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE KING’S BUSINESS ESPECIALLY HIS JUDICIAL DUTIES
  60. 60.LVI THE SPEECH OF WISDOM
  61. 61.LVII DIFFICULT DUTIES OF THE KING’S JUDICIAL OFFICE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
  62. 62.LVIII THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  63. 63.LIX WHEN JUDGMENTS SHOULD BE SEVERE AND WHEN THEY SHOULD BE MERCIFUL
  64. 64.LX THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  65. 65.LXI CONCERNING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
  66. 66.LXII THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  67. 67.LXIII THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD ILLUSTRATED BY THE STORY OF DAVID AND SAUL
  68. 68.LXIV ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE JUDGMENTS OF SOLOMON
  69. 69.LXV SOLOMON’S DECISION IN THE CASE OF SHIMEI
  70. 70.LXVI SOLOMON’S JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF ADONIJAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS
  71. 71.LXVII WHY SOLOMON BROKE HIS PROMISE OF PEACE AND SECURITY TO JOAB
  72. 72.LXVIII A DISCUSSION OF PROMISES: WHEN THEY MUST BE KEPT AND WHEN THEY SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN
  73. 73.LXIX CONCERNING THE KINGSHIP AND THE CHURCH AND THE KING’S RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD
  74. 74.LXX THE AUTHORITY OF KINGS AND BISHOPS. END OF THE SECOND PART
  75. 75.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  76. 76.INDEX
  77. 77.FOOTNOTES

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