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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821398603321

Autore

Long Ann-Marie

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

90-04-33651-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 pages)

Collana

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

Disciplina

949.12/01

Soggetti

Memory - Social aspects - Iceland - History - To 1500

Collective memory - Iceland - History - To 1500

Group identity - Iceland - History - To 1500

Nationalism - Iceland - History - To 1500

Icelandic literature - History and criticism

Mythology - Social aspects - Iceland - History - To 1500

Iceland Relations Norway

Norway Relations Iceland

Iceland History To 1262 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Perspectives old and new -- The historical mythology of Iceland -- The legal mythology of Iceland -- The Olafslog -- Icelanders and Norwegians.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--



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