Runic script was developed in Scandinavia between the 2nd and 8th centuries AD. It was originally used for short inscriptions. After the Viking Age, this famous form of writing was altered to compete with the Latin script. Following the Christianization of Scandinavia, that foreign script came to be used increasingly for legal and ecclesiastical texts. The local runic script, however, remained popular for everyday use. The Scandinavian peoples weren’t going to disregard years of tradition just to appease foreign influence, and the Codex Runicus was one of the results of this resistance.
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