Iceland's Relationship with Norway C.870 - C.1100

Memory, History and Identity
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-33562-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 81, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Reihe: The Northern World

In Iceland’s Relationship with Norway c.870 – c.1100: Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of Icelandic society from the earliest settlements to the twelfth century. Through a series of thematic studies, the book discusses the place of Norway in Icelandic cultural memory and how Icelandic authors envisioned and reconstructed their past. It examines in particular how these authors instrumentalized Norway to explain the changing parameters of Icelandic autonomy. Over time this strategy evolved to meet the needs of thirteenth-century Icelandic politics as well as the demands posed by the transition from autonomous island to Norwegian dependency.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Long, Ann-Marie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Historia Norwegie
Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium
Settlement Myths
Ingólfr
Haraldr hárfagri
Conclusion

3 The Legal Mythology of Iceland
Íslendingabók and Early Icelandic law
The Adoption of Oral Laws from Norway
The Acceptance of Christianity
Conclusion

4 The Ólafslög
Early Norwegian Interest in Iceland
The Background and Dating of the Treaty
The Negotiation and Ratification of the Treaty
The Preservation of the Treaty
Contemporary References to the Treaty
Frá rétt Nóregs konungs á Íslandi
The Right of the Norwegian King to Self-Summon Cases
The Rights of Norwegians in Iceland to Enjoy the Same Laws and Rights as Men of that Country
Rights of Inheritance
Um rétt Íslendinga i Nóregi
The Legal Status of Icelanders in Norway
Access to Resources and Inheritance Rights
Icelandic Obligations
Norwegian Perceptions of the Icelanders
A Revised Interpretation
Military Shelter
Economic Shelter
Conclusion

5 Icelanders and Norwegians
Issues of Identity
Norwegians in Iceland
Geographical Origin
Function
Types of Norwegian
Acceptance into Icelandic Society
Icelanders in Norway
Icelanders and the Norwegian king in Morkinskinna
The King of Iceland
Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ann-Marie Long, Ph.D. (2014), University College Dublin, Ireland, is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame, USA. She has published on cultural memory in Icelandic foundation narratives ('Sturlubók and Cultural Memory' in Sturla Þórðarson, Brill, 2017).