A history of the old Icelandic commonwealth / Jon Johannesson ; translated by Haraldur Bessason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jóhannesson, Jón, 1909-1957.

Contributor:

Haraldur Bessason, 1931-2009

Series:

University of Manitoba Icelandic Studies ; Volume 2

Standardized Title:

Íslendinga saga. English

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Iceland--History.

Iceland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, 2006.

Language Note:

Icelandic

Summary:

The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.

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""

""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""

""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""

""Administrative Control over Trade""

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, 1974.

Translation of: Islendinga saga.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613090799

9781283090797

1283090791

9780887553318

0887553311

OCLC:

1412009377