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lutranlur Jomsvicensibus esse per leges suas praescriptam, ut
illustrissimus Dahlmann (1) eam magis a natura humana ab-
horruisse negat, quam coelibatum in ecclesia Romana usitatis-
simum, cui omnes sacerdotes subjecti sint, neque minus veri-
similem fuisse illa continentia ac coelibi vita, quam Bergae ac
Novigradi compluribus post seculis (Germanici adolescentes,
mercaturae causa ibi commorati, sua sponte subierint, quibus-
cum Barthold quoque Jomsvicenses comparaverat (2). Sed
mihi hanc rem minime recte videntur intellexisse. Non id
cnim postulahant leges, ut Jomsvicenses mulierum consuetu-
dine omnino abstinerent, neque ullam haberent uxorem, sed
potius lantum, ut iis liceret, quotiescunquc data occasione
vellent, libidinibus impune inservire, si modo nec, quas du-
xissent, uxores, nec concubinas in castello secum rctinerent.
Quod praeclare veterum cum sodalitii institulis convenit. Nam
Scandinavis adhuc more paganico viventibus comitatus sacpc-
numero permagnus fortissimum quemque ducem, qui audacter
et feliciter rem gessit, sectabalur, ut piraticam faceret tum
temporis non in dedecore sed potius in laude positam. Tali
sodalitati nomen Vikíngar imponebalur. Principio autem
nihil alii erant, nisi milités, quod etiam verbum vikíngr de-
notat, qui sua sponte militia sumta in illis íinibus stipendia
mcruerunt, quoscunque dux, cui sacramenlum dixerant, et
vicinos jussit et remotissimos adire. Exercitus enim publico
delectu non conscribebantur, nisi id ponis in numero eorum,
ut aliquando universus populus ad rempublicam intra fines
suos defendendam plebiscito aut jussu regis convocarelur, sed
quisquis voluit, milites sumtu -suo colligens navibus instructis,
(1) Dahlmann Geschichte von Dánnemark. I. p. 80.
(2) Geschíclite von Riigen und Pommern. I. p. 32G.
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