Timeline of The Faroe Islands - 1200s

1200s

  • about 1200 - Slavery on the Faroes is abolished by King Sverre
  • 1269 - Bishop Erlendur from Bergen becomes bishop in the Faroes
  • 1271 - King Magnus Lagabøte of Norway establishs the elder Gulatingslog on the Faroes. The Faroese Althing changes from a legislative into a consultative body. 1274/76 the younger Gulatingslog was adopted.
  • 1280 - The Hereford map is the first known map, which mentions the Faroes - as Farei.
  • 1290 - The Hanseatic League is forbidden to trade with the Faroes.
  • 1298 - The Sheep Letter (Seyðabrævið) becomes law. Obviously the slavery is reintroduced, for the sheep letter regulates, among other things, the exposure to slaves.

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