Foreign Relations
Abstract ALTHOUGH virtually isolated in the North Atlantic, Icelandic society was always part of a larger cycle of social reproduction. In the early Middle Ages Icelanders were engaged in extensive commerce, linking Scandinavia, the British Isles, and the North Atlantic communities through trade (cf...
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Oxford University PressOxford
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198277286.003.0006 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52477513/isbn-9780198277286-book-part-6.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract ALTHOUGH virtually isolated in the North Atlantic, Icelandic society was always part of a larger cycle of social reproduction. In the early Middle Ages Icelanders were engaged in extensive commerce, linking Scandinavia, the British Isles, and the North Atlantic communities through trade (cf. Foote and Wilson 1970; Gelsinger 1981). The import of grain and timber was vital to Icelandic society, and the concurrent cross-cultural dialogue was equally vital to the maintenance of a distinct Icelandic identity (Hastrup 1985a: 227ff.). |
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