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Norway. In 1522 he succeeded Gottskalk in the see of Holar, but he was soon driven out by the other Icelandic bishop, Ogmund of Skalholt. His See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile, however, was brief, and some years after his return he became involved in a dispute with his See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign, See also:

Christian III., See also:

king of See also:

Denmark, because he refused to further the progress of Lutheranism in the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island. Then in 1548, when a large number of the islanders had accepted the reformed doctrines, Arason and Ogmund joined their forces and attacked the See also:

LUTHERANS

Lutherans. See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

war See also:

broke out, and in 1551 the bishop of Holar and two of his sons were captured and executed. Arason, who was the last See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic bishop in See also:

ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland, is celebrated as a poet, and as the See also:

man who introduced See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing into the island.

End of Article: ARASON, JON (1484-1551)

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