InIceland's Relationship with Norway c.870 - c.1100: Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of Icelandic society from the earliest settlements to the twelfth century. Through a series of thematic studies, the book discusses the place of Norway in Icelandic cultural memory and how Icelandic authors envisioned and reconstructed their past. It examines in particular how these authors instrumentalized Norway to explain the changing parameters of Icelandic autonomy. Over time this strategy evolved to meet the needs of thirteenth-century Icelandic politics as well as the demands posed by the transition from autonomous island to Norwegian dependency.
Author(s): Ann-Marie Long
Series: The Northern World 81
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 310
City: Leiden
Iceland’s Relationship with Norway c.870–c.1100: Memory, History and Identity......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Note on Spelling and Other Conventions......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 11
Historical Introduction......Page 19
Traditional Perspectives: National Historiography......Page 25
New Perspectives: Memory......Page 32
The Memory of the Past as Cultural Capital......Page 47
Memory Specialists and Memorability......Page 49
The Sources......Page 57
Historical Writing in Iceland and Norway......Page 59
The Icelandic National Histories......Page 61
The Sagas......Page 65
The Norwegian National Histories......Page 68
Conclusion......Page 71
2 The Historical Mythology of Iceland......Page 73
The landnám According to Íslendingabók......Page 77
The landnám According to the landnámabækur......Page 87
The landnám According to the Norwegian National Histories......Page 97
Historia Norwegie......Page 99
Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium......Page 100
Ingólfr......Page 102
Haraldr hárfagri......Page 111
Conclusion......Page 121
3 The Legal Mythology of Iceland......Page 123
Íslendingabók and Early Icelandic law......Page 131
The Adoption of a Series of Oral Laws from Norway......Page 133
The Acceptance of Christianity......Page 152
Conclusion......Page 161
4 The Ólafslög......Page 165
Early Norwegian Interest in Iceland......Page 168
The Background and Dating of the Treaty......Page 170
The Negotiation and Ratification of the Treaty......Page 173
The Preservation of the Treaty......Page 175
Contemporary References to the Treaty......Page 180
The Right of the Norwegian King to Self-Summon Cases......Page 189
The Rights of Norwegians in Iceland to Enjoy the Same Laws and Rights as Men of That Country......Page 192
Um rétt Íslendinga i Nóregi......Page 193
The Legal Status of Icelanders in Norway......Page 194
Icelandic Obligations......Page 196
Norwegian Perceptions of the Icelanders......Page 199
A Revised Interpretation......Page 201
Military Shelter......Page 202
Economic Shelter......Page 207
Conclusion......Page 211
Issues of Identity......Page 214
Geographical Origin......Page 221
Function......Page 223
Types of Norwegian......Page 224
Acceptance into Icelandic Society......Page 230
Icelanders in Norway......Page 232
Icelanders and the Norwegian King in Morkinskinna......Page 240
The King of Iceland......Page 246
Conclusion......Page 249
Conclusion......Page 254
Bibliography......Page 267
Index......Page 302
