A history of the old Icelandic Commonwealth = Islendinga saga /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jóhannesson, Jón, 1909-1957
Otros Autores: Haraldur Bessason, 1931-2009
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Icelandic
Publicado: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2006.
Colección:U of M Icelandic Series.
Temas:
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Iceland > History.
Islande > Histoire.
Iceland
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations and Maps
  • From the Author's Foreword
  • A Prefatory Note from the Translator
  • DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
  • Thule
  • Did the Romans Reach Iceland?
  • Papar
  • The Norsemen Arrive in Iceland
  • Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements)
  • Chronology
  • The Origin of the Icelanders
  • Reasons for the Settlement
  • Early Methods of Establishing Settlements
  • Pattern of Settlement and Population
  • FORM OF GOVERNMENT
  • The Founding of the Althing
  • The Site of the Althing
  • The Dates of the Annual Sessions of the AlthingThe Hallowing of the Althing and its Prorogation
  • The Lawspeaker
  • The Division of the Country into Quarters
  • Chieftains â€? Their Power and Jurisdiction
  • The Court of Legislature
  • The Quarter Courts
  • Skapti the Lawspeaker and the Fifth Court
  • District and Midsummer Assemblies
  • 'Hreppar' and Guilds
  • The Codification of the Secular Law
  • VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS
  • Icelandic Ocean-Going Vessels and the Icelandic Language
  • The Discovery and the Settlement of Greenland
  • The Discovery of the North American ContinentA Part of the Icelanders' 'Imago Mundi'
  • The Art of Navigation
  • The Treaty between the Icelanders and King Ã?lafr the Saint of Norway
  • CHURCH AND RELIGION
  • Heathenism and Irish Christianity
  • Historical Sources on Christian Missions and the Introduction of Christianity
  • Christian Missionary Work and the Christianization of Iceland
  • Missionary Bishops from Abroad
  • Bishop Ã?sleifr
  • Bishop Gizurr Ã?sleifsson and his Contemporaries
  • The Founding of the Episcopal See of Hólar â€? Bishop Jón Ã?gmundarson
  • Schools and Foreign InfluencesThe Code of Church Law and the Administrative Structure of the Icelandic Church
  • Assets and Income of Churches and Clergy
  • The First Steps towards Ecclesiastical Autonomy â€? Bishop Thorlákr Thórhallsson
  • Disputes over the Patronages of Churches and Church Property
  • Reforms
  • Icelandic Saints
  • Monasteries
  • Bishop Guðmundr Arason
  • Foreign Bishops
  • Celibacy of the Clergy
  • The Resolution of the Court of Legislature in 1253
  • THE DEATH THROES OF THE COMMONWEALTH
  • The Acquisitiveness of the Kings of Norway
  • The Development of the Power of Chieftains until ca. 1220Feuds between the Oddaverjar and the Norwegians â€? Snorri Sturluson
  • Sturla Sighvatsson's Attempt to Obtain Power over the Whole of Iceland
  • The Fate of Snorri and Ã?rÃ?kja
  • Thórðr Kakali
  • A Struggle over Thórðr Kakali's Territory
  • Earl Gizurr and the End of the Commonwealth
  • Gizurr's Covenant
  • ECONOMIC HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE
  • Animal Husbandry
  • The Cultivation of Grain â€? Climate
  • A Few Ancient Branches of Industry
  • Fishing
  • Imports
  • Exports

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