Landscape, tradition and power in medieval Iceland : Dalir and the Eyjafjörður region c. 870-c.1265 / / Chris Callow

• Autore: Callow Chris <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2020]; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 949.1201
• Soggetto topico: Human geography - Political aspects - Iceland; Human settlements
• Soggetto geografico: Iceland History To 1262 Sources; Iceland History To 1262
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Landscape, tradition and power in medieval Iceland
• ISBN: 90-04-33160-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811353103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Northern world; ; 80.