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Available
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Publication
University of California Press (1990), Edition: Reprint, 276 pages
Description
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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LibraryThing member SkjaldOfBorea
Built on the impressive legal documentation extant from the period, as well as on what literature & sagas reliably reveal between the lines, this study is one of the rare satisfying accounts of a real-life historical utopia, in this instance medieval Iceland. Satisfying both because the utopia
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maintains some degree of credibility & standing - & because its limitations are so lucidly exposed. Show Less
LibraryThing member ritaer
scholarly yet clear explanation of consensus law rule in Iceland, no monarch, appeal to support at courts.
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Original language
English
Physical description
276 p.; 5.51 inches
ISBN
0520069544 / 9780520069541
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Other editions
Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power by Jesse L. Byock (Paperback)