Viking Friendship - The Social Bond in Iceland and Norway, C. 900-1300

Informationen zum Autor Jon Vidar Sigurdsson Klappentext In Viking Friendship, Jon Vidar Sigurdsson 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. Zusammenfassung In Viking Friendship, Jon Vidar Sigurdsson 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1: Friendship: The Most Important Social Bond in Iceland in the Period (c. 870-1260)2: Friendship Between Chieftains: "To His Friend a Man Should Be a Friend, and Repay Gifts With Gifts"3: Kings and Their Friends4: Clerics and Friendship5: Jobs and Other Friends of the Gods6: Kinsmen and Friends: "Let There Be a Fjord Between Kinsmen, but a Bay Between Friends"7: Friendship Loses Its Power: Political Changes in the Second Half of the 13th Century8: Pragmatic Friendship

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• Authors: Jon Sigurdsson, Jon Vidar Sigurdsson, Jon Vioar Sigurdsson, Jon-Vidar Sigurdsson
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781501705779
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-0577-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology