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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

1 online resource (311 pages)

ISBN 9789004336513 (e-book)

ISBN 9789004335622 (hardback : acid-free paper)

The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economies and cultures, ISSN 1569-1462 ; volume 81

Print version: Long, Ann-Marie. Iceland’s relationship with Norway, c. 870-c. 1100 : memory, history and identity. Leiden : Brill, [2017] The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economies and cultures ; volume 81 ISBN 9789004335622

Includes bibliographical references and index

Perspectives old and new -- The historical mythology of Iceland -- The legal mythology of Iceland -- The Olafslog -- Icelanders and Norwegians.

"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"--Provided by publisher..

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