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 42 találatból.
6. oldal
... twelfth century and , in some regions , the early thirteenth by a system of checks and balances aimed at limiting the power of individ- ual chieftains . These mechanisms are examined in this book . We see that farmers openly granted ...
... twelfth century and , in some regions , the early thirteenth by a system of checks and balances aimed at limiting the power of individ- ual chieftains . These mechanisms are examined in this book . We see that farmers openly granted ...
39. oldal
... century . 12 In particular , the forceful position of Sigurður Nordal has dominated the issue of the sagas ' historical value . While serving from 1951 to 1957 as ambassador from his newly independent country to Denmark , he prepared a ...
... century . 12 In particular , the forceful position of Sigurður Nordal has dominated the issue of the sagas ' historical value . While serving from 1951 to 1957 as ambassador from his newly independent country to Denmark , he prepared a ...
147. oldal
... 12 Except for the stormy episcopates of Thorlákr Thórhalls- son in the Skálholt diocese at the end of the twelfth century and of Guðmundr Arason in the Hólar bishopric at the be- ginning of the thirteenth century , all Icelandic bishops ...
... 12 Except for the stormy episcopates of Thorlákr Thórhalls- son in the Skálholt diocese at the end of the twelfth century and of Guðmundr Arason in the Hólar bishopric at the be- ginning of the thirteenth century , all Icelandic bishops ...
Tartalomjegyzék
The Family and Sturlunga Sagas | 10 |
4 | 34 |
14 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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