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In the ninth century, at the beginning of this account, Iceland was uninhabited save for fowl and smaller Arctic animals. In the middle of the sixteenth century, by the end of this history, it had embarked on a course that led to the creation of a small country on the periphery of Europe. The history of medieval Iceland is to some degree a microcosm of European history, but in other respects it has a trajectory of its own. As in medieval Europe, the evolution of the Church, episodic warfare, and the strengthening of the bonds of government played an important role.
Unlike the rest of Europe, however, Iceland was not settled by humans until the Middle Ages and it was without towns and any type of executive government until the late medieval period. Medieval Iceland is a review of Icelandic history from the settlement until the advent of the Reformation, with an emphasis on social and political change, but also on cultural developments, such as the creation of a particular kind of literature, known throughout the world as the sagas.
A view of medieval Icelandic history as it has never been told before from one of its leading historians, this book will appeal to students and scholars alike interested in Icelandic and medieval history.
Contents
Introduction: Long-term economic and social trends
Part 1. Early Medieval Iceland
1. Land-taking
2. The Foundation of Society
3. Christianisation
4. The Settlement in Cultural Memory
Part 2. High Medieval Iceland
5. Church and Society in the Twelfth Century
6. The Creation of Domains
7. Civil Strife
8. Enter the Kingdom
Part 3. Late Medieval Iceland
9. Pacification and Growth
10. Towards a New Era
11. Trade Wars and Social Anxiety
12. The Reformation
Conclusion: The Course of Icelandic Medieval History
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