Uppsala öd
Its origins are prehistoric and unknown, but according to a tradition documented by the thirteenth-century historian Snorri Sturluson it originated as a donation given by the god Freyr to the Temple at Uppsala which he founded.[1][3]
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Freyr reisti at Uppsölum hof mikit, ok setti þar höfuðstað sinn; lagði þar til allar skyldir sínar, lönd ok lausa aura; þá hófst Uppsala auðr, ok hefir haldizt æ síðan.[4]
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Frey built a great temple at Upsal, made it his chief seat, and gave it all his taxes, his land, and goods. Then began the Upsal domains, which have remained ever since.[5] |
It was stated in the Swedish medieval laws that Uppsala öd was to follow the royal institution intact without any lost property.
However, during the thirteenth century, the system became obsolete for the king and then many of the estates passed to the nobility and the church, in spite of the laws that forbade any diminution of the property.[1][3] The reasons for this was that the king's subjects began to pay monetary taxes.[3]
Uppsala öd was the first documented pieces of what would become
A selection of estates belonging to Uppsala öd
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e The article Uppsala öd in Nationalencyklopedin (1996).
- ^ a b c d The article Uppsala öd in Nordisk familjebok (1920).
- ^ ISBN 91-34-51857-6p. 83-84.
- ^ "Yngling Saga - 12: Dauði Freys". Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. Retrieved 27 Feb 2023.
- ^ "Yngling Saga - 12: Frey's Death". Translated by Samuel Laing. WikiSource. 1844. Retrieved 27 Feb 2023.