In June, 1930, the thousandth anniversary of thefounding of the Althing, or Parliament, of Iceland, will be celebrated by appropriate exercises on the ancient site where that body regularly convened for approximately nine hundred years. Official invitations from the Icelandic Government to participate have been sent to and accepted by the governments of the principal nations of the world, including the United States.
This event has roused wide interest in the people who founded the Icelandic Commonwealth in the tenth century, one of whose citizens, Leif Eiriksson, was the first white discoverer of America. It seems appropriate to give the English reader an opportunity to become acquainted with the people and with the governmental institutions which they founded and maintained intact for over three centuries.
Author(s): Sveinbjorn Johnson
Publisher: The Stratford Company
Year: 1930
Language: English
Pages: 414
City: Boston, MA
I. 800; 930; 1930
II. Origins; Land and People
III. The National Government
IV. The Local Government
V. Law and Justice
VI. The Pagan System
VII. Superstition, Sorcery and Witchcraft
VIII. Christianity and the Church
IX. Poetry and Saga
X. Commerce and Navigation
XI. Servants and Slaves
XII. Food, Feasts and Social Life; Sports
XIII. Children and Education
XIV. Property Rights of Women — a Comparison
XV. Marriage, Home Life and Death
APPENDIX
A. Houses and Buildings
B. Wearing Apparel
C. Occupations
D. Bibliography
Index
