De bijl van Sint-Olav

Louis Sicking

In 1537, amid a violent struggle for power and religion, the last Catholic Archbishop of Norway, Olav Engelbrektsson, fled to the Netherlands of Charles V. On his flight, the prelate took a large part of the treasure from the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim to Deventer : the axe of Saint Olav, two crowns, chalices, monstrances and other valuables. This book follows the trail of the Archbishop, his retinue and the treasures of the church. A long search in archives and museums yields a surprising story about exile, diplomacy and Norwegian heritage in the Habsburg Netherlands at the beginning of the Reformation. Perhaps this story will give rise to new archaeological research into Norwegian church silver on the seabed Te midden van een gewelddadige strijd om macht en religie vlucht in 1537 de laatste katholieke aartsbisschop van Noorwegen, Olav Engelbrektsson, naar de Nederlanden van...