Viking Age IcelandPenguin Publishing Group, 1. sep. 2001 - 432 síður The popular image of the Viking Age is of warlords and marauding bands pillaging their way along the shores of Northern Europe. In this fascinating history, Jesse Byock shows that Norse society in Iceland was actually an independent one-almost a republican Free State, without warlords or kings. Combining history with anthropology and archaeology, this remarkable study serves as a valuable companion to the Icelandic sagas, exploring all aspects of Viking Age life: feasting, farming, the power of chieftains and the church, marriage, and the role of women. With masterful interpretations of the blood feuds and the sagas, Byock reveals how the law courts favored compromise over violence, and how the society grappled with proto-democratic tendencies. A work with broad social and historical implications for our modern institutions, Byock's history will alter long-held perceptions of the Viking Age. |
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An Immigrant Society | 5 |
Life on a Northern Island | 25 |
An Inwardlooking | 43 |
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Althing arbitration Arnkel assembly bændr bishops blood feud bóndi Brodd-Helgi Byock called Chapter chieftaincies chieftains Christian Church claim court cultural dispute early Iceland Einar eleventh century Eyjafjord Eyjolf Eyrbyggja saga family sagas farm farmers farmsteads Fjord Free Geitir Gizur goðar goði goðorð Grágás Greenland groups Gudmund the Worthy Gunnar Karlsson handsal Helgi Hólar honour Hoskuld Hrut important individuals inheritance island Íslendinga saga Íslendingabók Jón Jóhannesson killing King kinship land landnám Landnámabók Laxdæla saga leaders lived livestock lögrétta longhouse marriage medieval Iceland Mord Njal's Saga Norse northern Norway Norwegian Olaf outlawry Penguin period political priests quarter region Reykjavík Scandinavian settlement settlers Skálholt skyr slaves Snorri goði social society sons of Thorbrand sources Stöng stórbændr stórgoðar Sturla Sturlunga saga tephra tháttr thing thingmen thirteenth century Thorarin Thord Thorgils Thorleif Thorolf Thorstein turf twelfth century Ulfar vengeance Viking Age vinfengi wealth women