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The History of Iceland
by Karlsson, Gunnar
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0816635897
- ISBN 13
- 9780816635894
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2000. Softcover. Very Good. 5x0x8. In Very Good+ condition. Iceland is unique among European societies in having been founded as late as the Viking Age and in having copious written and archaeological sources about its origin. Gunnar Karlsson, that country's premier historian, chronicles the age of the Sagas, consulting them to describe an era without a monarch or central authority. Equating this prosperous time with the golden age of antiquity in world history, Karlsson then marks a correspondence between the Dark Ages of Europe and Iceland's "dreary period", which started with the loss of political independence in the late thirteenth century and culminated with an epoch of poverty and humility, especially during the early Modern Age.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2020023739
- Title
- The History of Iceland
- Author
- Karlsson, Gunnar
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0816635897
- ISBN 13
- 9780816635894
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 19 oz
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.