History of the church and state in Norway from the tenth to the sixteenth century . st, just south of the entrance of the great SogneFjord. At that time the valleys and mountain sides wereclothed with great forests, where all is now bare anddevoid of trees, and only the roots of great pines which arefrom time to time dug up, attest the different characterwhich the face of the country at that time presented. When the Thing was set, as the expression was, theking was listened to, while he made his customary appealto the people on behalf of the faith. 01mod the Old wasthe spokesman of the chiefs,
History of the church and state in Norway from the tenth to the sixteenth century . st, just south of the entrance of the great SogneFjord. At that time the valleys and mountain sides wereclothed with great forests, where all is now bare anddevoid of trees, and only the roots of great pines which arefrom time to time dug up, attest the different characterwhich the face of the country at that time presented. When the Thing was set, as the expression was, theking was listened to, while he made his customary appealto the people on behalf of the faith. 01mod the Old wasthe spokesman of the chiefs, and declared that if the kingintended to use force they would resist to the uttermost,but if he wished to be friendly they would on their part keepon good terms with him, and he concluded by suggestingthat the king should give his sister Astrid in marriage toErling Skjalgss0n. To this Olaf agreed, and after somedifiSculty persuaded Astrid to consent, and the result wasfinally that the chiefs and people were all baptized. The next Thing was that held at Dragseid, a spot situated. From a Photograph hij] [T Olaf WLllsou. PART OF AN ALTAR PIECE FROM AUSTEVOLD CHURCH, NORDHORDLAND. (15th Century.) St. Sunniva in the cpntie, wibh St. Peter and St. Mary in Bergen Museum ITofacep. 46. OLAF TEYGVESS0N. 47 on the neck of the great peninsula of Stadt, a little northof the Nordfjord. This Thing was attended by the peopleof S0ndm0re and the Eomsdal, as well as by those from theFirda fylher^ the country between Nordfjord and SogneFjord. Here Olaf was apparently more peremptory. Hegave them the simple alternative of baptism or fighting, andas he was the strongest the b0nder agreed to be baptized. Close to Dragseid is the small island of Selje. Accordingto some accounts, it was at this time that the king discovered,or was informed of, the existence of the body of St. Sunniva,who had met her death on this island. As the saint wassubsequently recognized as one of the three patrons
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