The Last of the Icelandic Commonwealth
Author : Eiríkr Magnússon
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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 1909
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Author : Eiríkr Magnússon
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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 1909
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Author : Jon Johannesson
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0887553311
The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.
Author : Sverrir Jakobsson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 28,77 MB
Release : 2024-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1040122795
In the ninth century, at the beginning of this account, Iceland was uninhabited save for fowl and smaller Arctic animals. In the middle of the sixteenth century, by the end of this history, it had embarked on a course that led to the creation of a small country on the periphery of Europe. The history of medieval Iceland is to some degree a microcosm of European history, but in other respects it has a trajectory of its own. As in medieval Europe, the evolution of the Church, episodic warfare, and the strengthening of the bonds of government played an important role. Unlike the rest of Europe, however, Iceland was not settled by humans until the Middle Ages and it was without towns and any type of executive government until the late medieval period. Medieval Iceland is a review of Icelandic history from the settlement until the advent of the Reformation, with an emphasis on social and political change, but also on cultural developments, such as the creation of a particular kind of literature, known throughout the world as the sagas. A view of medieval Icelandic history as it has never been told before from one of its leading historians, this book will appeal to students and scholars alike interested in Icelandic and medieval history.
Author : Jón Jóhannesson
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Page : 407 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2000
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ISBN : 9780608125732
Author : Jón Jóhannesson
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Iceland
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Author : Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 28,95 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
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Incorporates material from the various Sagas of the Icelanders into an analysis of the political evolution of Iceland in the period 930-1264. The author argues that the most important contribution of the sagas to the history of political development is an understanding of the basis of the chieftains' power and their influence, as well as the use of symbols such as banners and emblems in the chieftancy system. Translated from the 1993 doctoral dissertation Goder og maktforhold pa Island i fristatstiden. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Fridrik Fridriksson
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Page : 302 pages
File Size : 17,73 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Iceland
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Author : Ann-Marie Long
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9004336516
In Iceland’s Relationship with Norway c.870 – c.1100: Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of early Icelandic society and how it was memorialised, with particular attention given to the place of Norway in Icelandic cultural memory.
Author : Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
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Page : 255 pages
File Size : 24,45 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Iceland
ISBN : 9788778380562
Author : Albert Högni Stefánsson Gunlögsen
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
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Category : Iceland
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Manuscript in two parts, the first part mainly on the age of the Sturlungs, the second part on the history of the Icelandic Commonwealth.