The staðamál ('church-estate conflict') was a conflict between the bishops and secular aristocrats of Iceland over the control of proprietary churches which the arisocrats had established on their own estates and viewed as their own property (thus receiving part of the tithes pertaining to them). The staðamál proceeded in two waves.
The staðamál ('church-estate conflict') was a conflict between the bishops and secular aristocrats of Iceland over the control of proprietary churches which the arisocrats had established on their own estates and viewed as their own property (thus receiving part of the tithes pertaining to them). The staðamál proceeded in two waves.
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