Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and PowerThe 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 10 találatból.
101. oldal
Unlike allodial land, however, an adalból was not the exclusive possession of a
patrilineal descent group. Allodial land passed to often remote agnates, but
Icelandic heirs seem to have been mostly drawn from immediate cognate
kinsmen.
Unlike allodial land, however, an adalból was not the exclusive possession of a
patrilineal descent group. Allodial land passed to often remote agnates, but
Icelandic heirs seem to have been mostly drawn from immediate cognate
kinsmen.
171. oldal
Then I would offer to foster your son Óláfr and leave it all to him when I'm gone,
as I have no heirs here in Iceland." Childless, Thórðr does not have close
relatives in Iceland. Thus the farmer's land is especially valuable to the chieftain,
as it is ...
Then I would offer to foster your son Óláfr and leave it all to him when I'm gone,
as I have no heirs here in Iceland." Childless, Thórðr does not have close
relatives in Iceland. Thus the farmer's land is especially valuable to the chieftain,
as it is ...
183. oldal
By this action, involving arfskot (cheating of heirs, or transferring land without the
heirs' consent), Arnkell arouses the animosity of neighboring farmers who are
willing to fight to maintain their claims to the lands. The story of Arnkell marks the
...
By this action, involving arfskot (cheating of heirs, or transferring land without the
heirs' consent), Arnkell arouses the animosity of neighboring farmers who are
willing to fight to maintain their claims to the lands. The story of Arnkell marks the
...
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Tartalomjegyzék
Evolution of a New Society | 52 |
Consensual Governance | 107 |
Integration of the Church | 140 |
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