num_pages: 278
description: The history of medieval Europe is incomplete if it does not take Iceland into account. Jesse Byock's reassessment of medieval Iceland uses all the available sources―the medieval Icelanders' historical writings, extensive saga literature, and intricate laws―to explore the way Iceland's social order functioned.
language: English
title: Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power
titlecomplete: Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power
genres: Nonfiction, History, Medieval
ratings_count: 87
publisher: University of California Press