Cover illustration: Litli-Hóll, known formerly as Espihóll inn syðri, seen from south-west. ©Photograph by Chris Callow.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Callow, Chris, 1971- author.
Title: Landscape, tradition and power in medieval Iceland : Dalir and the Eyjafjörður region c.870-c.1265 / by Chris Callow.
Other titles: Dalir and the Eyjafjörður region c.870-c.1265
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] | Series: The northern world: North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 ad. peoples, economies and cultures, 1569-1462 ; volume 80 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020007362 (print) | LCCN 2020007363 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004278875 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004331600 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Iceland--History--To 1262--Sources. | Iceland--History--To 1262. | Human geography--Political aspects--Iceland. | Human settlements--Iceland. | Power (Social sciences)--Iceland. | Sagas--History and criticism.
Classification: LCC DL352 .C35 2020 (print) | LCC DL352 (ebook) | DDC 949.12/01--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020007362
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020007363
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ISSN 1569-1462
ISBN 978-90-04-27887-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-33160-0 (e-book)
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