02314oam 2200481 450 991081135310332120231019221020.090-04-33160-310.1163/9789004331600(CKB)4920000000126457(OCoLC)1112558531(nllekb)BRILL9789004331600(MiAaPQ)EBC6355292(EXLCZ)99492000000012645720210220d2020 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierLandscape, tradition and power in medieval Iceland Dalir and the Eyjafjörður region c. 870-c.1265 /Chris CallowLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2020]©20201 online resourceThe Northern World90-04-27887-7 Chris Callow’s Landscape, Tradition and Power critically examines the evidence for socio-political developments in medieval Iceland during the so-called Commonwealth period. The book compares regions in the west and north-east of Iceland because these regions had differing human and physical geographies, and contrasting levels of surviving written evidence. Callow sets out the likely economies and institutional frameworks in which political action took place. He then examines different forms of evidence – the Contemporary sagas, Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements), and Sagas of Icelanders – considering how each describes different periods of the Commonwealth present political power. Among its conclusions the book emphasises stasis over change and the need to appreciate the nuances and purposes of Iceland’s historicising sagas.Northern world;80.Human geographyPolitical aspectsIcelandHuman settlementsIcelandHistoryTo 1262SourcesIcelandHistoryTo 1262Human geographyPolitical aspectsHuman settlements.949.1201Callow Chris1971-1622820MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811353103321Landscape, tradition and power in medieval Iceland3956885UNINA