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Viking friendship : the social bond in Iceland and Norway, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson.
Author
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958-
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Uniform title
Vennlige vikingen.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Description
1 online resource
Availability
Available Online
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Friendship
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Norway
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History
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To 1500
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Friendship
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Iceland
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History
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To 1500
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Norway
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History
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1030-1397
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Iceland
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History
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To 1262
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Norway
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Relations
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Iceland
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Iceland
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Relations
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Norway
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Related work(s)
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958-
Vennlige vikingen.
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Summary note
Friendship was the most important social bond in Iceland and Norway during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages. Far more significantly than kinship ties, it defined relations between chieftains, and between chieftains and householders. This book explores the various ways in which friendship tied Icelandic and Norwegian societies together, its role in power struggles and ending conflicts, and how it shaped religious beliefs and practices both before and after the introduction of Christianity. This work details how loyalties between friends were established and maintained.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Contents
Friendship : the most important social bond in Iceland in the period (c. 870-1260)
Friendship between chieftains : 'to his friend a man should be a friend, and repay gifts with gifts'
Kings and their friends
Clerics and friendship
Jobs and other friends of the gods
Kinsmen and friends : 'let there be a fjord between kinsmen, but a bay between friends'
Friendship loses its power : political changes in the second half of the 13th century
Pragmatic friendship.
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ISBN
9781501708473 ((epub/mobi))
1501708473
9781501708480 ((pdf))
1501708481
1501705776
9781501705779
LCCN
2016040227
OCLC
957656486
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Viking friendship : the social bond in Iceland and Norway, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson.
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