This study investigates the role played by the Christian church in the development of power structures in Iceland, from the conversion in AD 1000 to the end of the thirteenth century. It demonstrates that by the time of the union with the Norwegian kingdom in 1262, fundamental constitutional changes had been brought about as a direct consequence of Christianization.
This study investigates the role played by the Christian church in the development of power structures in Iceland, from the conversion in AD 1000 to the end of the thirteenth century. It demonstrates that by the time of the union with the Norwegian kingdom in 1262, fundamental constitutional changes had been brought about as a direct consequence of Christianization.
Introduction I: Prehistory 1: The Conversion 2: The Early Bishops The Haukdoelir and Bishop Isleifr 3: Early Evidence of Priests Some Eleventh Century Priests 4: Early Church Building Proto-historic Evidence The Archaeological Evidence II: The First Christian Institutions 5: The Idea of a Golden Age, 1080-1122 St Jon Bishop Gizurr 6: The Tithe Law of 1097 The Tithe Law: A Revaluation Church Economics Before the Tithe Maintenance of Paupers: The Tithe System and the Commune Political and Economic effects of the Tithe III: Churches and Property 7: Churches in Narrative Sources 8: The Charter Evidence 9: The Evidence of Legal Sources 10: Private Churches 11: Origins of Religious Houses IV: The Bishops 12: The Bishops and Family Politics 13: Bishops as Chieftains 14: Reform and Reaction V: The Priests 15: Shortage of Priests in the Twelfth Century 16: Chieftain-Priests in the Twelfth Century 17: The Status of Priests according to the Old Christian Law Section 18: Priesthood and Social Mobility 19: The Shaping of Clerical Identity Professional Skills. Scribes and Counsellors Conciliation. The Case of Abbot Brandr Jonsson. Clerical Celibacy. VI: The Church and the Increase on Social Complexity Bibliography Index
Introduction I: Prehistory 1: The Conversion 2: The Early Bishops The Haukdoelir and Bishop Isleifr 3: Early Evidence of Priests Some Eleventh Century Priests 4: Early Church Building Proto-historic Evidence The Archaeological Evidence II: The First Christian Institutions 5: The Idea of a Golden Age, 1080-1122 St Jon Bishop Gizurr 6: The Tithe Law of 1097 The Tithe Law: A Revaluation Church Economics Before the Tithe Maintenance of Paupers: The Tithe System and the Commune Political and Economic effects of the Tithe III: Churches and Property 7: Churches in Narrative Sources 8: The Charter Evidence 9: The Evidence of Legal Sources 10: Private Churches 11: Origins of Religious Houses IV: The Bishops 12: The Bishops and Family Politics 13: Bishops as Chieftains 14: Reform and Reaction V: The Priests 15: Shortage of Priests in the Twelfth Century 16: Chieftain-Priests in the Twelfth Century 17: The Status of Priests according to the Old Christian Law Section 18: Priesthood and Social Mobility 19: The Shaping of Clerical Identity Professional Skills. Scribes and Counsellors Conciliation. The Case of Abbot Brandr Jonsson. Clerical Celibacy. VI: The Church and the Increase on Social Complexity Bibliography Index
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