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Author Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958- author.

Title Viking friendship : the social bond in Iceland and Norway, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017

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Contents 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
Summary Friendship was the most important social bond in Iceland and Norway during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages. Far more significantly than kinship ties, it defined relations between chieftains, and between chieftains and householders. This book explores the various ways in which friendship tied Icelandic and Norwegian societies together, its role in power struggles and ending conflicts, and how it shaped religious beliefs and practices both before and after the introduction of Christianity. This work details how loyalties between friends were established and maintained
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Friendship -- Norway -- History -- To 1500
Friendship -- Iceland -- History -- To 1500
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Friendship.
International relations.
SUBJECT Norway -- History -- 1030-1397. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092651
Iceland -- History -- To 1262. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007952
Norway -- Relations -- Iceland
Iceland -- Relations -- Norway
Subject Iceland.
Norway.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History.
Form Electronic book
Author Translation of: Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958- Vennlige vikingen
LC no. 2016040227
ISBN 9781501708473
1501708473
9781501708480
1501708481
1501705776
9781501705779
Other Titles Vennlige vikingen. English