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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Long, Ann-Marie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2017]
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.