| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 407 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
U of M Icelandic Series ; v.2
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U of M Icelandic Series.
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| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 1974. |
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Translation of: Islendinga saga. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-374) and index. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations and Maps""; ""From the Author's Foreword""; ""A Prefatory Note from the Translator""; ""DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT""; ""Thule""; ""Did the Romans Reach Iceland?""; ""Papar""; ""The Norsemen Arrive in Iceland""; ""Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements)""; ""Chronology""; ""The Origin of the Icelanders""; ""Reasons for the Settlement""; ""Early Methods of Establishing Settlements""; ""Pattern of Settlement and Population""; ""FORM OF GOVERNMENT""; ""The Founding of the Althing""; ""The Site of the Althing"" |
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""The Dates of the Annual Sessions of the Althing""""The Hallowing of the Althing and its Prorogation""; ""The Lawspeaker""; ""The Division of the Country into Quarters""; ""Chieftains � Their Power and Jurisdiction""; ""The Court of Legislature""; ""The Quarter Courts""; ""Skapti the Lawspeaker and the Fifth Court""; ""District and Midsummer Assemblies""; ""'Hreppar' and Guilds""; ""The Codification of the Secular Law""; ""VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS""; ""Icelandic Ocean-Going Vessels and the Icelandic Language""; ""The Discovery and the Settlement of Greenland"" |
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""The Discovery of the North American Continent""""A Part of the Icelanders' 'Imago Mundi'""; ""The Art of Navigation""; ""The Treaty between the Icelanders and King �lafr the Saint of Norway""; ""CHURCH AND RELIGION""; ""Heathenism and Irish Christianity""; ""Historical Sources on Christian Missions and the Introduction of Christianity""; ""Christian Missionary Work and the Christianization of Iceland""; ""Missionary Bishops from Abroad""; ""Bishop �sleifr""; ""Bishop Gizurr �sleifsson and his Contemporaries""; ""The Founding of the Episcopal See of Hólar � Bishop Jón �gmundarson"" |
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""Schools and Foreign Influences""""The Code of Church Law and the Administrative Structure of the Icelandic Church""; ""Assets and Income of Churches and Clergy""; ""The First Steps towards Ecclesiastical Autonomy � Bishop Thorlákr Thórhallsson""; ""Disputes over the Patronages of Churches and Church Property""; ""Reforms""; ""Icelandic Saints""; ""Monasteries""; ""Bishop Guðmundr Arason""; ""Foreign Bishops""; ""Celibacy of the Clergy""; ""The Resolution of the Court of Legislature in 1253""; ""THE DEATH THROES OF THE COMMONWEALTH""; ""The Acquisitiveness of the Kings of Norway"" |
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""The Development of the Power of Chieftains until ca. 1220""""Feuds between the Oddaverjar and the Norwegians � Snorri Sturluson""; ""Sturla Sighvatsson's Attempt to Obtain Power over the Whole of Iceland""; ""The Fate of Snorri and �r�kja""; ""Thórðr Kakali""; ""A Struggle over Thórðr Kakali's Territory""; ""Earl Gizurr and the End of the Commonwealth""; ""Gizurr's Covenant""; ""ECONOMIC HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE""; ""Animal Husbandry""; ""The Cultivation of Grain � Climate""; ""A Few Ancient Branches of Industry""; ""Fishing""; ""Imports""; ""Exports"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Iceland -- History.
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Iceland. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Haraldur Bessason, 1931-2009.
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| Added Title |
Íslendinga saga. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007064968
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Islendinga saga |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Jóhannesson, Jón, 1909-1957. Íslendinga saga. English. History of the old Icelandic Commonwealth. Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2006 0887556965 (OCoLC)71540387 |
| ISBN |
9780887553318 (electronic book) |
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0887553311 (electronic book) |
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0887556965 |
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9780887556968 |
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