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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Rhuel Short |
ISBN: | 9780786447275 0786447273 |
OCLC Number: | 475664296 |
Description: | vii, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The land -- The settlement -- Government and law -- Social structure and gender -- Feuds, honor, and the culture of combat -- Milestones in life -- Farm, food production, and home life -- Manufacture and trade -- Transportation and navigation -- Art and leisure -- Religion, myth, and cult -- Exploration and settlement to the West -- Iceland's heritage -- Glossary -- Appendix: Sagas for outlanders. |
Responsibility: | William R. Short. |
Abstract:
The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-Age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings.
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- Vikings -- Iceland -- History.
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- Vikings -- Material culture -- Iceland.
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- Iceland -- Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Vikings.
- Vikings -- Material culture.
- Vikings -- Social life and customs.
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- Normannen.
- Alltag.
- Sachkultur.
- Saga.
- Island.