Icelanders and the Kings of Norway : : Mediaeval Sagas and Legal Texts / / Patricia Pires Boulhosa.
The book uses sagas and legal texts to re-examine the relations between mediaeval Icelanders and the Norwegian kings. It demonstrates that the Icelanders - partly subjects of the king, and partly beyond his power - were ready to negotiate with him for their own benefit, and presents a methodological...
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| Superior document: | The Northern World ; 17 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Northern World ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Other title: | Mediaeval Sagas and Legal Texts |
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| Summary: | The book uses sagas and legal texts to re-examine the relations between mediaeval Icelanders and the Norwegian kings. It demonstrates that the Icelanders - partly subjects of the king, and partly beyond his power - were ready to negotiate with him for their own benefit, and presents a methodological re-evaluation of authorial attributions of the sagas and their use as historical sources. Key to the book is a revisionary analysis of two laws made between the Icelanders and the kings of Norway: a law probably issued by King Óláfr inn helgi of Norway (1015-1028), and the purported submission agreements with King Hákon Hákonarson (1217-1263), known as Gizurarsáttmáli or Gamli sáttmáli. It also analyses the sagas of the fourteenth-century manuscript Möðruvallabók against the historical context extracted from this legal re-evaluation. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 128086849X 9786610868490 9047408012 1433707691 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Patricia Pires Boulhosa. |