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The history of medieval Europe is incomplete if it does not take Iceland into account. Jesse Byock's reassessment of medieval Iceland uses all the available sources--the medieval Icelanders' historical writings, extensive saga literature, and intricate laws--to explore the way Iceland's social order functioned.

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Jesse L. Byock teaches Old Norse and medieval Scandinavian subjects at the University of California, Los Angeles and is the author of Feud in the Icelandic Saga (1982).


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ISBN 9780520069541
Author Jesse L. Byock
Format Paperback
Page Count 276
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 18mm

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