The Battle of Víðines (Icelandic: Víðinesbardagi) was a conflict that took place in 1208 between secular chieftains of the Icelandic commonwealth including Kolbeinn Tumason and the followers of the Catholic Church in early 13th-century Iceland. == Background == The Catholic bishop Guðmundur Arason had defended the exclusive judicial powers of the Roman Catholic Church over its clergy against the secular powers of the goðar (chieftains).
The Battle of Víðines (Icelandic: Víðinesbardagi) was a conflict that took place in 1208 between secular chieftains of the Icelandic commonwealth including Kolbeinn Tumason and the followers of the Catholic Church in early 13th-century Iceland. == Background == The Catholic bishop Guðmundur Arason had defended the exclusive judicial powers of the Roman Catholic Church over its clergy against the secular powers of the goðar (chieftains).
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