I was reading Íslendingabók about the conversion of Iceland to Christianity and was wondering about something I read. At one point, the lawspeaker declares that people can still sacrifice to the pagan gods in secret but will be condemned for lesser outlawry if witnesses are produced. The footnotes explain what lesser outlawry means, but I’m wondering if this could ever be applied to women? Women seem to have no official presence at the Althing (even though there are stories in other sagas about women meeting men when everyone’s gathered at the Althing, so I assume they sometimes came). Did this mean they were also exempt from legal penalties like outlawry? Thanks!
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