Jon Vidar Sigurdsson

Viking Friendship

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 159mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781501705779
• ISBN-10: 1501705776
• Artikelnr.: 47086117

Autorenporträt

Jon Vidar Sigurdsson

Inhaltsangabe

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