Iceland's 1100 Years: The History of a Marginal Society by Gunnar Karlsson
This volume recounts the history of a society on the margin of Europe as well as on the margin of reaching the size and wealth of a proper state - Iceland.
Iceland's 1100 Years
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This volume recounts the history of a society on the margin of Europe as well as on the margin of reaching the size and wealth of a proper state - Iceland.
Iceland's 1100 Years Summary
Iceland's 1100 Years Reviews
'For the first time in many years, a history of Iceland has appeared in English which really does its multifaceted subject justice. Beginning with colonisation around the year 87, it concludes with the year 2000, having taken the reader through Iceland's period of foreign domination, by the Norwegians, then the English and finally the Danes, who ruled the country until 1944. Politics, religion, economics and technological innovation are covered in detail, while the role of women and literature, ancient and modern, including, of course, the sagas, are also discussed' -Neil Kent, Times Literary Supplement'This is a truly important book and there is nothing like it available. [A...] I was enthralled reading this. [A...] It will fill the needs of all types of readers interested in Iceland, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. It will A... become the major work.' -Jesse Byrock, Professor of Icelandic Studies, University of California
Table of Contents
Part 1: colonization and Commonwealth, 870-1260. Part 2: under the rule of foreign kings, 1264-1800; a primitive society struggles for independence, 1800-1918; a transformed society - the 20th century.
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GOR002561042
9781850654209
1850654204
Iceland's 1100 Years: The History of a Marginal Society by Gunnar Karlsson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
20010103
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