Magnus Erlingsson, Norwegian king, 36, 37, 55. Magnus Lawmender, Norwegian king, 44, 61. Magnussen, Arne, antiquarian, 65. Mail hose, 219. Mainz, 28. Man, Isle of, 4, 22. Manners, Personal, 32, 164–166, 169, 173, 176–187, 192, 193, 227, 228; _see also_ Court, Household, and King. Mantle, When not to wear a, 181, 182, 184–186, 227. Manuel Comnenus, Byzantine emperor, 60, 101 note. Marble in Greenland, 144. Mark, measure of value, 168 note, 172. Marsiglio of Padua, medieval political theorist, 49. Martianus Capella, _see_ Capella. Marvels, _see_ Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, India, Ireland, and Norway. Mary, The Virgin, 85. Matthew, an envoy from the imperial court, 30. Matthew Paris, English monk and historian, 31. Melchisedek, 361. Merchants and the mercantile profession, 6, 11, 28, 73, 78, 79–86, 92–94, 163, 164, 173. Mercy, divine virgin, 252, 254, 256–259, 279–281, 283, 285, 287, 324, 328. _Meregarto_, German poem, 19 note. Mermaid, 22, 136, 137. Merman, 22, 135, 136. Meyer, Kuno, 25, 109 note, 116 note, 117 note. Military art and engines, 11, 32, 62, 63, 211–226. Mineral springs in Iceland, 21, 134, 135. Mines in warfare, 225. Minorities, 35, 60, 197, 203 note. “Mirrors of Princes,” 7 note. Missiles used in warfare, 224, 225. Monsters, 101, 105, 110, 115, 125, 135–137. Moon, The, and its influence on the ocean, 92–94, 300. Mordecai, Hebrew magnate at the Persian court, 238–240, 245. Möre, Norwegian shire, 104. Moses, 51, 52, 280, 281, 283, 285–287, 290, 317, 318, 358, 361. Munch, Peter Andreas, Norwegian historian, 68. Munster, 107 note. Namdalen, district in Norway, 9 note, 59, 60. Nansen, Fridtjof, 20, 21. Narwhal, 122, 123. Nathan, Hebrew prophet, 322, 324, 328, 344, 345, 347. _Natural History_ of the Elder Pliny, 18. Navigation, Rules and information relating to, 83–85, 90, 100, 156–162. Nero, 362. Nibelungs, Tales of the, 3. Nicholas Petersson, Norwegian bishop, 46. Nicholas Sæmundarson, Norwegian abbot, 28 note. Nidaros, 9 note, 36, 48; _see_ Trondhjem. Night and day, Changes of, 94, 98, 104. Nineveh, 287. Nob, city in Israel, 331, 332, 347, 352, 362, 365. Nordland, northern Norway, 98 note. Northern lights, 18, 19, 101, 146, 149–152. Norway, Colonies of, 4; literature of, in the middle ages, 4–6; marvels of, 18, 19, 21, 99–101, 103–105; trade of, 29; factional warfare in, 35, 52; mention of, 28, 59, 65, 68, 138 note. Occam, William, medieval schoolman, 49. Olaf, Norwegian saint and king, 36. Ordeal, Harold Gilchrist’s, 34. “Ore-marvel” in Iceland, 134. Orkneys, 4. _Ostenta_, _ostensa_, minutes of time, 16, 20, 95. Paradise, 252, 255, 261, 263. Parmenides of Ela, 15 note. Patrick, Saint, 110 note, 115. Paul, Norwegian bishop, 46. Paul, Saint, 275. Peace, divine virgin, 252, 254, 256–259, 279–281, 283, 285, 287. Peasants, yeomen, 73, 78, 172, 174; _see_ Husbandmen.