Iceland's relationship with Norway, c. 870-c. 1100 : memory, history and identity / by Ann-Marie Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Ann-Marie, author.

Series:

Northern world ; v. 81.

The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economies and cultures, 1569-1462 ; volume 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory--Social aspects--Iceland--History--To 1500.

Memory.

Collective memory--Iceland--History--To 1500.

Collective memory.

Group identity--Iceland--History--To 1500.

Group identity.

Nationalism--Iceland--History--To 1500.

Nationalism.

Icelandic literature--History and criticism.

Icelandic literature.

Mythology--Social aspects--Iceland--History--To 1500.

Mythology.

Iceland--Relations--Norway.

Iceland.

Norway--Relations--Iceland.

Norway.

Iceland--History--To 1262--Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

"In Iceland's Relationship with Norway c. 870-c. 1100 : Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of Icelandic society from the earliest settlements to the twelfth century. Through a series of thematic studies, the book discusses the place of Norway in Icelandic cultural memory and how Icelandic authors envisioned and reconstructed their past. It examines in particular how these authors instrumentalized Norway to explain the changing parameters of Icelandic autonomy. Over time this strategy evolved to meet the needs of thirteenth-century Icelandic politics as well as the demands posed by the transition from autonomous island to Norwegian dependency"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Perspectives old and new

The historical mythology of Iceland

The legal mythology of Iceland

The Olafslog

Icelanders and Norwegians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-33651-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004336513 DOI