Iceland's relationship with Norway, c. 870-c.1100 : memory, history and identity /
"In Iceland's Relationship with Norway c. 870-c. 1100 : Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of Icelandic society from the earliest settlements to the twelfth century. Through a series of thematic studies, the book discusses the place of Norway in Iceland...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston ; Leiden :
Brill,
[2017]
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Colección: | Northern world.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Note on spelling and other conventions
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Perspectives old and new
- Historical Introduction
- Traditional perspectives : national historiography
- New perspectives : memory
- Alternative perspectives
- The memory of the past as cultural capital
- Memory specialists and memorability
- The sources
- Historical writing in Iceland and Norway
- The Icelandic national histories
- The sagas
- The Norwegian national histories
- Conclusion
- 2. The historical mythology of Iceland
- The landnám according to Íslendingabók
- The landnám according to the landnámabækur
- The landnám according to the Norwegian national histories
- Historia Norwegie
- Historia de antiquitate regum Norwagiensium
- Settlement myths
- Ingólfr
- Haraldr hárfagri
- Conclusion
- 3. The legal mythology of Iceland
- Íslendingabók and early Icelandic law
- The adoption of a series of oral laws from Norway
- The acceptance of Christianity
- Conclusion
- 4. The Ólafslög
- Early Norwegian interest in Iceland
- The background and dating of the treaty
- The negotiation and ratification of the treaty
- The preservation of the treaty
- Contemporary references to the treaty
- Frá rétt Nóregs konungs á Íslandi
- The right of the Norwegian king to self-summon cases
- The rights of Norwegians in Iceland to enjoy the same laws and rights as men of that country
- Rights of inheritance
- Um rétt Íslendinga i Nóregi
- The legal status of Icelanders in Norway
- Access to resources and inheritance rights
- Icelandic obligations
- Norwegian perceptions of the Icelanders
- A revised interpretation
- Military shelter
- Economic shelter
- Conclusion
- 5. Icelanders and Norwegians
- Issues of identity
- Norwegians in Iceland
- Geographical origin
- Function
- Types of Norwegian
- Acceptance into Icelandic society
- Icelanders in Norway
- Icelanders and the Norwegian king in Morkinskinna
- The king of Iceland
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.