Viking friendship : the social bond in Iceland and Norway, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

Author: Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958-
Uniform Title: Vennlige vikingen. English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Physical Description: 183 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958-

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Friendship : the most important social bond in Iceland in the period (c. 870-1260) -- Friendship between chieftains : 'to his friend a man should be a friend, and repay gifts with gifts' -- Kings and their friends -- Clerics and friendship -- Jobs and other friends of the gods -- Kinsmen and friends : 'let there be a fjord between kinsmen, but a bay between friends' -- Friendship loses its power : political changes in the second half of the 13th century -- Pragmatic friendship.

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9781501705779 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1501705776

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-178) and index.

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Viking friendship : the social bond in Iceland and Norway, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

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