About this title: Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defense forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. "Viking Age Iceland" is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, this is a brilliant reconstruction ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140291155ISBN:0140291156
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2001-09-01
ISBN-13:9780140291155ISBN:0140291156
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140291155ISBN:0140291156
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Description: (London), Penguin, n.d. (200-). Reprint. Wrappers, maps, pp. xxi, 447. Name on half-title else fine. ISBN 0-14-029115-6. "...an independent, almost republican Free State, without warlords or kings" (cover blurb). read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, London
Date Published: 2001
Description: Very Good+ 8vo. (xxi) 448 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps and drawings. The cover features The Lewis Chessmen from the British Museum. The Chapters are: An Immigrant Society: Language and the Term Viking; Leadership; Mord the Fiddle: A Leader and the Law; The Sagas: An Ethnography of Medieval Iceland; Resources and Subsistence: Life on a Northern Island; Turf Housing; Curdled Milk and Calamities: An Inward-looking Farming ... read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140291155ISBN:0140291156
Description: Illustrated B&W Photographs. Very Good to Near Fine. 0140291156 Trade Paperback Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-430) and index. read more
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