TY - BOOK AU - Long,Ann-Marie TI - Iceland's relationship with Norway, c. 870-c. 1100: memory, history and identity T2 - The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economies and cultures, AV - DL352 .L66 2017 U1 - 949.12/01 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Memory KW - Social aspects KW - Iceland KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Collective memory KW - Group identity KW - Nationalism KW - Icelandic literature KW - History and criticism KW - Mythology KW - Relations KW - Norway KW - To 1262 KW - Historiography KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Perspectives old and new -- The historical mythology of Iceland -- The legal mythology of Iceland -- The Olafslog -- Icelanders and Norwegians N2 - "In Iceland's Relationship with Norway c. 870-c. 1100 : Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of Icelandic society from the earliest settlements to the twelfth century. Through a series of thematic studies, the book discusses the place of Norway in Icelandic cultural memory and how Icelandic authors envisioned and reconstructed their past. It examines in particular how these authors instrumentalized Norway to explain the changing parameters of Icelandic autonomy. Over time this strategy evolved to meet the needs of thirteenth-century Icelandic politics as well as the demands posed by the transition from autonomous island to Norwegian dependency"--Provided by publisher UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4901352 ER -