Viking Age Iceland (Penguin history) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Viking Age Iceland Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defense forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. This book brings together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas.
Full description- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Published: 01 September 2001
- Format: Paperback 480 pages
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- Categories: European History | History Of Other Lands | Medieval History
- ISBN 13: 9780140291155 ISBN 10: 0140291156
- Sales rank: 145,025
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Full description for Viking Age Iceland
Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defense forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. "Viking Age Iceland" is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, this is a brilliant reconstruction of the inner workings of a unique and intriguing society.
