Medieval Iceland,9780520069541

Medieval Iceland

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ISBN13: 9780520069541
ISBN10: 0520069544
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1990-03-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary

The history of medieval Europe is incomplete if it does not take Iceland into account. Jesse Byock's reassessment of medieval Iceland uses all the available sources--the medieval Icelanders' historical writings, extensive saga literature, and intricate laws--to explore the way Iceland's social order functioned.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Spelling and Pronunciation xi
Introduction
1(13)
Approach and Organization
12(2)
Historical and Legal Sources
14(17)
The Family and Sturlunga Sagas
31(20)
The Sturlunga Compilation
31(4)
The Family Sagas
35(13)
Conclusions
48(3)
Evolution of a New Society
51(26)
The Effect of Emigrating from Europe
52(3)
The Settlement of the Land and the Establishment of Order
55(16)
Change and Continuity
71(6)
Sources of the Chieftains' Wealth
77(26)
Background Information
78(3)
Sources of Income Available Only to Chieftains
81(10)
Sources of Income Available to All Freemen
91(10)
Summary
101(2)
Consensual Governance
103(34)
The Flexibility of the Gooi-Thingman Relationship
111(13)
Advocacy, Vinfengi, and Kinship
124(11)
Summary
135(2)
Integration of the Church
137(28)
The Conversion
138(5)
The Developing Church
143(4)
The Church and Secular Authority
147(7)
Bishops and Priests
154(11)
Farmers under Duress: A Lucrative Source of Wealth
165(18)
Acquisition of Property in the Family Sagas
168(5)
Inheritance Claims in Sturlunga Saga
173(10)
Limitations on a Chieftain's Ambitions
183(20)
Arnkell's Quest for Wealth and Power
187(16)
Vinfengi: A Mechanism of Power
203(18)
Summary
220(1)
Conclusion
221(2)
Sources of Epigraphs 223(2)
Abbreviations 225(2)
Bibliography 227(22)
Index 249

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