A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth

Islendinga Saga

By Jon Johannesson
Translated by Haraldur Bessason
Categories: Medieval Studies, History, Literature & Language Studies, Linguistics, Language & Translation Studies, World History
Series: University of Manitoba Icelandic Studies
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Ebook (PDF) : 9780887553318, 407 pages, January 2007
Paperback : 9780887556968, 407 pages, January 2007
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780887559679, 407 pages, January 2007
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The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.