Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow

This paper aims to demonstrate how the honour system in mediaeval Iceland was altered by the Norwegian monarchy using the Sturlunga Saga exclusively as a source. Specifically the focus is on how the Norwegian monarchy caused a split of the old system of honour into one that mirrored closely the soci...

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Main Author: Krzewski, Tomasz
Other Authors: Jon Vidar Sigurdsson
Format: Master Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10852/26623
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spelling ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/26623 2023-05-15T16:48:07+02:00 Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow Krzewski, Tomasz Jon Vidar Sigurdsson 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/26623 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-25143 eng eng http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-25143 Krzewski, Tomasz. Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/26623 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Krzewski, Tomasz&rft.title=Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258&rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2010&rft.degree=Masteroppgave URN:NBN:no-25143 102742 102199175 VDP::081 Master thesis Masteroppgave 2010 ftoslouniv 2020-06-21T08:44:59Z This paper aims to demonstrate how the honour system in mediaeval Iceland was altered by the Norwegian monarchy using the Sturlunga Saga exclusively as a source. Specifically the focus is on how the Norwegian monarchy caused a split of the old system of honour into one that mirrored closely the social classes imported from Norway. The old honour in which all Icelanders participated was fractured into two streams, a common and elite which were antithetical to each other. Master Thesis Iceland Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Norway
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title Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow
title_short Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow
title_full Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow
title_fullStr Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow
title_full_unstemmed Honour in the Sturlunga Saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow
title_sort honour in the sturlunga saga, 1117-1258 : a change from voluntary bidirectional to coerced unidirectional honour flow
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