Viking Age IcelandPenguin UK, 22. feb. 2001 - 480 síður Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. 'Viking Age Iceland' is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, this is a brilliant reconstruction of the inner workings of a unique and intriguing society. |
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Life on a Northern | |
Turf Housing | |
An Inwardlooking | |
Atlantic | |
A Devolving and Evolving Social Order | |
Medieval | |
The Legislative and Judicial System | |
Advocates Friendship | |
Sturlung | |
Feud and Vendetta in a Great Village Community | |
The Saga of | |
of the Free State | |
Bishops During the Free State | |
The Founding of a New Society and the Historical | |
Principles | |
Limitations on a Chieftains Ambitions | |
ChieftainThingmen Relationships and Advocacy | |
A Woman Who Travelled from Vínland | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
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