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Viking Age Iceland
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Author : Jesse L Byock
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2001-02-22
Viking Age Iceland written by Jesse L Byock and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-22 with History categories.
Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence 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.
Icelanders In The Viking Age
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Author : William R. Short
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2010-03-01
Icelanders In The Viking Age written by William R. Short and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-01 with History categories.
The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include religion, housing, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and the early history of Iceland. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land, are addressed in the text.
The Sun Road
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Author : Afiena Kamminga
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2014-03
The Sun Road written by Afiena Kamminga and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with categories.
In tenth century Iceland a young woman, Thora Thorvinnsdottir, is orphaned at age fifteen, out of a home and close to destitute. Goaded by her misfortune Thora strives to fill in the gaps between the warp threads of her life's weaving pattern - which the Norns, maidens of fate, set up for each mortal as they see fit - with weft threads of her own choosing. She sails west to the new frontier of Greenland hoping to acquire a new farm of her own. In Greenland she agrees to a marriage ill-conceived to begin with, and ill-fated in the end. Thora joins her husband's timber-seeking expedition across the western sea to an unexplored land rumoured to be the source of driftwood littering Greenland beaches. In Westland they encounter novel forms of life - plants, animals and people unknown even to the most traveled Norseman among them, and Thora is given a chance to achieve a major goal she set for herself, in a way she never imagined....
Eric Brighteyes A Novel Of Viking Age Iceland
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Author : Henry Rider Haggard
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2024-01-11
Eric Brighteyes A Novel Of Viking Age Iceland written by Henry Rider Haggard and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-11 with Fiction categories.
This carefully crafted ebook: "Eric Brighteyes (A Novel of Viking Age Iceland)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Eric Brighteyes", an epic viking novel, describes the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. Eric Thorgrimursson (nicknamed "Brighteyes" for his most notable trait), strives to win the hand of his beloved, Gudruda the Fair. Her father Asmund, a priest of the old Norse gods, opposes the match, thinking Eric a man without prospects. But deadlier by far are the intrigues of Swanhild, Gudruda's half-sister and a sorceress who desires Eric for herself. Battles, intrigues, and treachery follow... Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English writer of adventure novels and dark fantasy stories set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.
Eric Brighteyes Historical Novel
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Author : Henry Rider Haggard
language : en
Publisher: Musaicum Books
Release Date : 2017-06-21
Eric Brighteyes Historical Novel written by Henry Rider Haggard and has been published by Musaicum Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-21 with Fiction categories.
Eric Brighteyes", an epic viking novel, describes the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. Eric Thorgrimursson (nicknamed Brighteyes" for his most notable trait), strives to win the hand of his beloved, Gudruda the Fair. Her father Asmund, a priest of the old Norse gods, opposes the match, thinking Eric a man without prospects. But deadlier by far are the intrigues of Swanhild, Gudruda's half-sister and a sorceress who desires Eric for herself. Battles, intrigues, and treachery follow… Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English writer of adventure novels and dark fantasy stories set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.
Islendingabok
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Author : Ari Thorgilsson Frodi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Islendingabok written by Ari Thorgilsson Frodi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Iceland categories.
Viking Archaeology In Iceland
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Author : Davide Zori
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2014
Viking Archaeology In Iceland written by Davide Zori and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Antiquities categories.
The Viking North Atlantic differs significantly from the popular image of violent raids and destruction characterizing the Viking Age in Northern Europe. In Iceland, Scandinavian seafarers discovered and settled a large uninhabited island. In order to survive and succeed, they adapted lifestyles and social strategies to a new environment. The result was a new society, the Icelandic Free State. This volume examines the Viking Age in Iceland through the discoveries and excavations of the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) in Iceland's Mosfell Valley. Directed by Professor Jesse Byock, with Field Director Davide Zori, MAP brings together scholars and researchers from Iceland, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. The Project incorporates the disciplines of archaeology, history, saga studies, osteology, zoology, paleobotany, genetics, isotope studies, place names studies, environmental science, and historical architecture. The decade-long research of MAP has led to the discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved Viking chieftain's farmstead, including a longhouse, pagan cremation site, a conversion-era stave church, and a Christian graveyard. The research results presented here tell the story of how the Mosfell Valley developed from a ninth-century settlement of Norse seafarers into a powerful Icelandic chieftaincy of the Viking Age.
The Penguin History Of The United States Of America
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Author : Hugh Brogan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2001-03-29
The Penguin History Of The United States Of America written by Hugh Brogan and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-29 with History categories.
This new edition of Brogan's superb one-volume history - from early British colonisation to the Reagan years - captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress. Brogan explores the period leading to Independence from both the American and the British points of view, touching on permanent features of 'the American character' - both the good and the bad. He provides a masterly synthesis of all the latest research illustrating America's rapid growth from humble beginnings to global dominance.
Medieval Iceland
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Author : Jesse L. Byock
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-02-07
Medieval Iceland written by Jesse L. Byock and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-02-07 with History categories.
Gift of Joan Wall. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index. * glr 20090610.
Iceland S Networked Society
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Author : Tara Carter
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-05-26
Iceland S Networked Society written by Tara Carter and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-26 with History categories.
In Iceland’s Networked Society, Tara Carter examines how Viking Age Iceland, despite being positioned at the margins of competing empires, achieved social complexity on its own terms by successfully managing ties to key players in a global social network.