Viking Friendship : The Social Bond in Iceland and Norway, c. 900-1300 /

Friendship was the most important social bond in Iceland and Norway during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages. Far more significantly than kinship ties, it defined relations between chieftains, and between chieftains and householders. This book explores the various ways in which friendship tie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: J{acute}on Viºar Sigurºsson, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, [England] : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
International relations.
Friendship.
Friendship > Iceland > History > To 1500.
Friendship > Norway > History > To 1500.
Norway.
Iceland.
Islande > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1262.
Norvege > Histoire > 1030-1397.
Iceland > Relations > Norway.
Norway > Relations > Iceland.
Iceland > History > To 1262.
Norway > History > 1030-1397.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Friendship : the most important social bond in Iceland in the period (c. 870-1260)
  • Friendship between chieftains : 'to his friend a man should be a friend, and repay gifts with gifts'
  • Kings and their friends
  • Clerics and friendship
  • Jobs and other friends of the gods
  • Kinsmen and friends : 'let there be a fjord between kinsmen, but a bay between friends'
  • Friendship loses its power : political changes in the second half of the 13th century
  • Pragmatic friendship.

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