Viking Age Iceland by Jesse L. Byock (2001, UK-B Format Paperback)

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ISBN
9780140291155
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140291156
ISBN-13
9780140291155
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1950294

Product Key Features

Book Title
Viking Age Iceland
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Europe / Scandinavia, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Author
Jesse L. Byock
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in

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LCCN
2001-275355
Reviews
"Byock brings several disciplines to his work, crossing the boundaries between history, literature, law, and archaeology. This well-written book takes up a wide variety of subjects, including the social fabric, domestic realities, cultural codes, politics and legal infrastructures, and the mechanisms that defused conflicts among the fiercely independent early Icelanders." -- Viking Heritage Magazine "A vital and original reinterpretation both of the sagas and of the society which created them. Byock's book is an essential guide at once to living conditions and to mentalities." -- The London Review of Books, "Byock brings several disciplines to his work, crossing the boundaries between history, literature, law, and archaeology. This well-written book takes up a wide variety of subjects, including the social fabric, domestic realities, cultural codes, politics and legal infrastructures, and the mechanisms that defused conflicts among the fiercely independent early Icelanders." — Viking Heritage Magazine "A vital and original reinterpretation both of the sagas and of the society which created them. Byock''s book is an essential guide at once to living conditions and to mentalities." — The London Review of Books, "Byock brings several disciplines to his work, crossing the boundaries between history, literature, law, and archaeology. This well-written book takes up a wide variety of subjects, including the social fabric, domestic realities, cultural codes, politics and legal infrastructures, and the mechanisms that defused conflicts among the fiercely independent early Icelanders." —Viking Heritage Magazine "A vital and original reinterpretation both of the sagas and of the society which created them. Byock's book is an essential guide at once to living conditions and to mentalities." —The London Review of Books
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
949.1/01
Synopsis
The popular image of the Viking Age is of warlords and marauding bands pillaging their way along the shores of Northern Europe. In this fascinating history, Jesse Byock shows that Norse society in Iceland was actually an independent one-almost a republican Free State, without warlords or kings. Combining history with anthropology and archaeology, this remarkable study serves as a valuable companion to the Icelandic sagas, exploring all aspects of Viking Age life: feasting, farming, the power of chieftains and the church, marriage, and the role of women. With masterful interpretations of the blood feuds and the sagas, Byock reveals how the law courts favored compromise over violence, and how the society grappled with proto-democratic tendencies. A work with broad social and historical implications for our modern institutions, Byock's history will alter long-held perceptions of the Viking Age.
LC Classification Number
DL352.B96 2001

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