A history of the old Icelandic Commonwealth = Islendinga saga /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Icelandic |
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Winnipeg :
University of Manitoba Press,
2006.
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Colección: | U of M Icelandic Series.
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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 � 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 � Bishop Jón �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 � 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 � 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 � Climate
- A Few Ancient Branches of Industry
- Fishing
- Imports
- Exports