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The popular image of the Viking Age is of warlords and marauding bands pillaging their way along the shores of Northern Europe. In this fascinating history, Jesse Byock shows that Norse society in Iceland was actually an independent one-almost a republican Free State, without warlords or... read more

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First Sentence

Njal's Saga begins with a famous vignette that highlights issues explored in this book.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jesse L. Byock (Author)

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  1. european history
  2. iceland
  3. viking age
  4. vikings 
 

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