Authors
Jón Jóhannesson, Jean Friesen, Jon Johannesson, Haraldur Bessason
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 949.12/01
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Reprint. Originally published: Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, 1974 Translation of: Islendinga saga Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-ic---
- ISBN
- 0887556965 9780887553318
- LCCN
- DL352
- LCCN Item number
- J613 2006eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xi, 407 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00601211 (OCoLC)226375515 (CaOOCEL)412956
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Table of Contents 6
- List of Illustrations and Maps 9
- From the Author's Foreword 10
- A Prefatory Note from the Translator 11
- DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT 14
- Thule 14
- Did the Romans Reach Iceland? 15
- Papar 16
- The Norsemen Arrive in Iceland 20
- Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements) 24
- Chronology 26
- The Origin of the Icelanders 28
- Reasons for the Settlement 37
- Early Methods of Establishing Settlements 41
- Pattern of Settlement and Population 44
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT 48
- The Founding of the Althing 48
- The Site of the Althing 54
- The Dates of the Annual Sessions of the Althing 57
- The Hallowing of the Althing and its Prorogation 58
- The Lawspeaker 60
- The Division of the Country into Quarters 62
- Chieftains — Their Power and Jurisdiction 66
- The Court of Legislature 76
- The Quarter Courts 79
- Skapti the Lawspeaker and the Fifth Court 83
- District and Midsummer Assemblies 87
- 'Hreppar' and Guilds 96
- The Codification of the Secular Law 102
- VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS 107
- Icelandic Ocean-Going Vessels and the Icelandic Language 107
- The Discovery and the Settlement of Greenland 111
- The Discovery of the North American Continent 114
- A Part of the Icelanders' 'Imago Mundi' 117
- The Art of Navigation 119
- The Treaty between the Icelanders and King Ólafr the Saint of Norway 122
- CHURCH AND RELIGION 131
- Heathenism and Irish Christianity 131
- Historical Sources on Christian Missions and the Introduction of Christianity 137
- Christian Missionary Work and the Christianization of Iceland 138
- Missionary Bishops from Abroad 151
- Bishop Ísleifr 157
- Bishop Gizurr Ísleifsson and his Contemporaries 160
- The Founding of the Episcopal See of Hólar — Bishop Jón Ögmundarson 166
- Schools and Foreign Influences 169
- The Code of Church Law and the Administrative Structure of the Icelandic Church 173
- Assets and Income of Churches and Clergy 182
- The First Steps towards Ecclesiastical Autonomy — Bishop Thorlákr Thórhallsson 192
- Disputes over the Patronages of Churches and Church Property 195
- Reforms 199
- Icelandic Saints 203
- Monasteries 205
- Bishop Guðmundr Arason 213
- Foreign Bishops 227
- Celibacy of the Clergy 229
- The Resolution of the Court of Legislature in 1253 231
- THE DEATH THROES OF THE COMMONWEALTH 235
- The Acquisitiveness of the Kings of Norway 235
- The Development of the Power of Chieftains until ca. 1220 239
- Feuds between the Oddaverjar and the Norwegians — Snorri Sturluson 252
- Sturla Sighvatsson's Attempt to Obtain Power over the Whole of Iceland 260
- The Fate of Snorri and Órækja 266
- Thórðr Kakali 270
- A Struggle over Thórðr Kakali's Territory 277
- Earl Gizurr and the End of the Commonwealth 284
- Gizurr's Covenant 295
- ECONOMIC HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE 301
- Animal Husbandry 301
- The Cultivation of Grain — Climate 309
- A Few Ancient Branches of Industry 313
- Fishing 316
- Imports 318
- Exports 323
- Administrative Control over Trade 330
- Navigation and Trade 335
- Standards of Value and the Calculation of Prices 341
- Improvements in Communications 348
- Housing 350
- Class Division 357
- The Author 372
- Genealogical Tables 374
- Lawspeakers during the Commonwealth Period 380
- Bishops during the Commonwealth Period 382
- A Select Bibliography of Works by Dr. Jón Jóhannesson 383
- Bibliography of Works Cited 384
- Index of Names 388
- A 388
- B 389
- C 390
- D 390
- E 390
- F 391
- G 392
- H 393
- I 395
- J 396
- K 397
- L 397
- M 398
- N 399
- O 399
- P 400
- R 400
- S 401
- T 404
- U 406
- V 406
- W 406
- Y 407