Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . flourishunder a comparatively liberal government. Turning to Norway, we find that countryconquering Iceland in the year 1261. Thiswork was effected by Haco V., who, in thefollowing year, was defeated in a battle nearthe mouth of the Clyde. After this therewas a period of retrogression in Norway. Theconstant wars of Denmark exhausted the en-ergies of the
Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . flourishunder a comparatively liberal government. Turning to Norway, we find that countryconquering Iceland in the year 1261. Thiswork was effected by Haco V., who, in thefollowing year, was defeated in a battle nearthe mouth of the Clyde. After this therewas a period of retrogression in Norway. Theconstant wars of Denmark exhausted the en-ergies of the kingdom. The industries of theNorwegians were retarded by a monopolywhich was obtained by the Hanseatic the first half of the fourteenth cen-tury Norway declined under these adverse in-fluences until her power was little felt, even inthe affairs of the North. In 1348 the greatplague known as the Black Death broke out inthe kingdom ; and, if the horrid traditions of 152 UNIVERSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. the times may be trusted, two-thirds of thepeople were swept iutu the grave. It isprobable that no other European state suf- fered to an equal degree iu proportion topopulation. ileanwhile, in 1319, after the death of. THE jEMIRAMIi OF THE Ni,) by A. de Neuville. PEOPLE AND KINGS.—SPAIN, ITALY, AND NORTH OF EUROPE. 153 Haco VII., the Swedes obtaiued the Norwe-gian throne, and held it through two succes-sive reigng. The country was merged firstwith Sweden and afterwards with Denmark,and so complete was the national abasementunder foreign rule that the people lost theirlanguage, and spoke thenceforth a brokenform of Swedish anil Danish. The marriageof Haco VIII. with the daughter of Walde-mar of Denmark has already been Haco reigned until 1380, when he wassucceeded bv his son. Olaf III., as ruler to do for Norway what the Normans did forSaxon England after the Conquest. The na-tive nobility was reduced to beggary and de-stroyed. It appe
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