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The History of Iceland: Land of Glaciers and Legends (Skriuwer.com Edition)

By Auke de Haan
Paperback
$16.99
By Auke de Haan
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Iceland is one of the last places on earth to be permanently settled by humans, and yet it developed one of the richest literary traditions of the medieval world. Settled by Norse Vikings in the ninth century, Iceland established the world's oldest functioning parliament in 930 AD and produced the Icelandic sagas, some of the most significant literary documents of the Middle Ages. This book traces Iceland's history from its settlement to the present day.

Covering the Commonwealth period, the...