Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and PowerUniversity of California Press, 1988 - 264 oldal 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. |
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1 - 3 találat összesen 11 találatból.
40. oldal
... Nordal's view leaves the historian or any other so- cial scientist with little option but to ignore the sagas ; it has successfully discouraged analysis of the social substance in the sagas and of indigenously derived creative elements ...
... Nordal's view leaves the historian or any other so- cial scientist with little option but to ignore the sagas ; it has successfully discouraged analysis of the social substance in the sagas and of indigenously derived creative elements ...
46. oldal
... Nordal describes as " one of the most powerful literary movements in recorded history . " 31 The literary basis of the sagas equipped Iceland with a cultural heritage worthy of its status as an indepen- dent nation . Here the Icelandic ...
... Nordal describes as " one of the most powerful literary movements in recorded history . " 31 The literary basis of the sagas equipped Iceland with a cultural heritage worthy of its status as an indepen- dent nation . Here the Icelandic ...
84. oldal
... Nordal , in dis- cussing the apparent paucity of income from either thingfar- arkaup or hoftollr , judges the economic viability of the goðorð : " But even if the chieftain had employed the magnificence and authority [ of the goðorð ] ...
... Nordal , in dis- cussing the apparent paucity of income from either thingfar- arkaup or hoftollr , judges the economic viability of the goðorð : " But even if the chieftain had employed the magnificence and authority [ of the goðorð ] ...
Tartalomjegyzék
The Family and Sturlunga Sagas | 10 |
4 | 34 |
14 | 40 |
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