Icelanders and the Kings of Norway

Icelanders and the Kings of Norway PDF Author: Patricia Pires Boulhosa
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047408012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Book Description
The book discusses the relation between the Icelanders and the mediaeval Norwegian kings, as it appears in sagas and legal texts. By reassessing legal material and the sagas of Möðruvallabók, it finds the Icelanders partly subjects of the king, and partly beyond his power.