"In the ninth century, at the beginning of this account, Iceland was uninhabited save for fowl and smaller arctic animals. In the middle of the sixteenth centur

In this volume Chris Callow provides a critical reading of the evidence for changes in Iceland’s socio-political structures from its colonisation to the 1260s

In the ninth century, at the beginning of this account, Iceland was uninhabited save for fowl and smaller Arctic animals. In the middle of the sixteenth century

As witness to four hundred years of social, economic, and political change, the sagas of medieval Iceland provide access not only to a single energetic past but