February 18, 2005 - Olaus Magnus (October 1490 – 1 August 1557) was a Swedish writer, cartographer, and Catholic clergyman. Biography [ edit] Dwarfs fighting Cranes in Greenland Olaus Magnus (a Latin translation of his birth name Olof Månsson) was born in Linköping in October 1490.
July 20, 1998 - Olaus Magnus, Swedish Olaf Mansson, (born October 1490, Linköping, Swed.—died Aug. 1, 1557, Rome), Swedish ecclesiastic and author of an influential history of Scandinavia. A Catholic priest, he went to Rome in 1523, during the Swedish Reformation, and thereafter lived in exile, first in ...
July 20, 1998 - Swedish literature, the body of writings produced in the Swedish language within Sweden’s modern-day geographic and political boundaries. The literatures of Sweden and Finland are closely linked. From the mid-12th century until 1809, Finland was ruled by Sweden, and Swedish remained the dominant ...
Monika Asztalos, JOHANNES MAGNUS, DREAMER AND VISIONARY, Humanistica Lovaniensia, Vol. 42 (1993), pp. 259-273
Swedish cartographer Olaus Magnus created an enchanting chart full of sea monsters and other mythical creatures. When it was published in 1539, Olaus Magnus’ Carta marina was the most detailed and most accurate map of any part of Europe. Twelve years in the making, the map was a curious blend ...
MAGNUS, JOHANNES AND OLAUS Johannes, Swedish archbishop and historian; b. Linköping, Sweden, March 19, 1488; d. Rome, March 22, 1544. Olaus, historian and geographer; b. Linköping, Oct. 1490; d. Rome, Aug. 1, 1557. Source for information on Magnus, Johannes and Olaus: New Catholic Encyclopedia ...
Olaus Magnus (1555) mentions the knowledge of woodwork and timber in the far north, ‘in extremis terries Botniae’ (i.e., Sabine). He writes in particular about a durable type of hardwood, which could refer to the compressed wood used by the Sami to make skis (Magnus 1555; XII, XIII).
He belonged to the old and noble family of Store (i.e. great, magnus ), and pursued his studies from 1510 to 1517 in Germany. He was then, like his brother John Magnus, taken into the higher ecclesiastical service, and made cathedral provost at Strengnas. In 1523 King Gustave I named John ...
September 18, 2005 - Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus was a monumental work by Olaus Magnus on the Nordic countries, printed in Rome 1555. It was a work which long remained for the rest of Europe the authority on Swedish matters. Its popularity increased by the numerous woodcuts of people and their customs, ...
Olaf Månsson (Latinized as Olaus Magnus) was born in Linköping, in southeastern Sweden, in 1490. His early schooling came at the cathedral school at Västeras. A lifelong love of travel was ignited when at age fifteen he made a trip to Oslo, about 240 miles from his home.
October 26, 2014 - He is best remembered as the author of the famous Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (Rome, 1555), a work which long remained for the rest of Europe the chief authority on Swedish matters and is still a valuable repertory of much curious information in regard to Scandinavian customs and ...
historian, "breed of a certain Fruit falling in the Sea; and these shortly after, get wings, and fly to the tame or wild-ducks. " He wrote that swallows hibernated under water, that the griffin preyed upon horses and men, that the sea cow, "is known to have lived 130 years, by cutting off her ...
November 19, 2018 - Magnus, OLAUS, Swedish historian and geographer, b....
Olaus Magnus wrote the earliest comprehensive history of Scandinavia, first published in 1555. His book is titled Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, “A Treatise concerning the Northern Peoples.”He wrote about the book: "A work that, as it is diverse and packed with knowledge of a great ...
Olaus Magnus. From the Catholic Encyclopedia. Swedish historian and geographer, b. at Skeninge, Sweden, 1490; d. at Rome, 1 Aug., 1558 [or perhaps 1557 -- Ed.He belonged to the old and noble family of Store (i.e. great, magnus), and pursued his studies from 1510 to 1517 in Germany.He was then, ...
He is best remembered as the author of the famous Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (Rome, 1555), a work which long remained for the rest of Europe the chief authority on Swedish matters and is still a valuable repertory of much curious information in regard to Scandinavian customs and ...
Olaus Magnus. Olaus Magnus (October 1490 – 1 August 1557) was a Swedish writer, cartographer, and Catholic clergyman.Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaus Magnus has received more than 165,196 page views.His biography is available in 32 different languages ...
January 12, 2019 - Olaus, Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala (1490-1557/58). Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, earumque diuersis statibus, conditionibus … ac mineris metallicis, & rebus mirabilibus, necnon vniuersis penè animalibus in septentrione degentibus, eorumq[ue] natura: Opus vt varium, plurimarumque ...
The Swedish scholar and prelate, Olaus Magnus (1490-1557), last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala, lived the latter half of his life in exile. His devotion to his country and his people never faltered, nor his determination to give them a glorious place on the European cultural map by his writings.
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