Download or read book A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth written by Jon Johannesson and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Chieftains and Power in the Icelandic Commonwealth written by Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book A history of the old Icelandic Commonwealth written by Jón Jóhannesson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth written by Jón Jóhannesson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Icelandic Commonwealth written by Albert Högni Stefánsson Gunlögsen and published by . This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manuscript in two parts, the first part mainly on the age of the Sturlungs, the second part on the history of the Icelandic Commonwealth.

Download or read book The Last of the Icelandic Commonwealth written by Eiríkr Magnússon and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medieval Iceland written by Sverrir Jakobsson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Chieftains and power in the Icelandic commonwealth written by Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rise and Decline of the Icelandic Commonwealth written by Fridrik Fridriksson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Iceland s Relationship with Norway c 870 c 1100 written by Ann-Marie Long and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Culture and History in Medieval Iceland written by Kirsten Hastrup and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 930, Iceland first established a common law for the island and became an autonomous republic, which lasted until it came under the sovereignty of the Norwegian king nearly three and a half centuries later. This volume is a two-part analysis of that society, known as the Icelandic "commonwealth" or "Freestate." The first section examines how medieval Icelanders classified and perceived such domains as time, space, kinship, political organization, and cosmology, linking together these various realms to present an integrated picture of the society's world-view. The second section focuses on the changes that took place during the period in the fields of ecology, demography, religion, property relations, and the law, and explains how and why these changes, interacting with more fundamental social structures and beliefs, undermined--and ultimately destroyed--the society.

Download or read book Pioneers of Freedom written by Sveinbjorn Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliography:p.347-9.

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Download or read book Landscape Tradition and Power in Medieval Iceland written by Chris Callow and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume Chris Callow provides a critical reading of the evidence for changes in Iceland’s socio-political structures from its colonisation to the 1260s when leading Icelanders swore oaths of loyalty to the Norwegian king.

Download or read book The Place of Iceland in the History of European Institutions written by Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: