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Author : Árni Björnsson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book High Days and Holidays in Iceland written by Árni Björnsson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gudmundur Halfdanarson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461671914
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Download or read book The A to Z of Iceland written by Gudmundur Halfdanarson and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Iceland is the second largest inhabited island in Europe, with only 313,000 inhabitants in 2007, the Icelanders form one of the smallest independent nations in the world. Around two-thirds of the population lives in the capital, Reykjavík, and its suburbs, while the rest is spread around the inhabitable area of the country. Until fairly recently the Icelandic nation was unusually homogeneous, both in cultural and religious terms; in 1981, around 98 percent of the nation was born in Iceland and 96 percent belonged to the Lutheran state church or other Lutheran religious sects. In 2007, these numbers were down to 89 and 86 percent respectively, reflecting the rapidly growing multicultural nature of Icelandic society. The A to Z of Iceland traces Iceland's history and provides a compass for the direction the country is heading. This is done through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.
Author : Sverrir Jakobsson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442262915
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Iceland written by Sverrir Jakobsson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iceland demonstrates most of the characteristics of a modern liberal democracy. It has maintained political stability through a democratic process which enjoys universal legitimacy. Rapid economic modernization has also secured its inhabitants one of the highest living standards in the world, and a comprehensive and highly developed health system has ensured them longevity and one of the lowest rates of infant mortality in the world. Icelanders face, however, formidable challenges in maintaining their status as an independent nation. First, the Icelandic economy is fairly fragile, as overexploitation threatens the fish stocks that remain among Iceland’s principal economic resources. Second, the country is rich in unused energy resources, because many of its rivers are still not harnessed, and geothermal power is abundant. But using these resources will necessarily damage the pristine nature of the country, forcing the politicians and the Icelandic public to choose between environmental protection and industrial expansion. Finally, it remains to be seen if a country with just over 329.740 inhabitants will be able to manage its foreign relations in a complex and constantly changing world. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Iceland contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Iceland.
Author : Gudmundur Halfdanarson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810862743
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Iceland written by Gudmundur Halfdanarson and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Iceland is the second largest inhabited island in Europe, with only 313,000 inhabitants in 2007, the Icelanders form one of the smallest independent nations in the world. Around two-thirds of the population lives in the capital, Reykjav'k, and its suburbs, while the rest is spread around the inhabitable area of the country. Until fairly recently the Icelandic nation was unusually homogeneous, both in cultural and religious terms; in 1981, around 98 percent of the nation was born in Iceland and 96 percent belonged to the Lutheran state church or other Lutheran religious sects. In 2007, these numbers were down to 89 and 86 percent respectively, reflecting the rapidly growing multicultural nature of Icelandic society. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Iceland traces Iceland's history and provides a compass for the direction the country is heading. This is done through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.
Author : Carl Wilhelm Paijkull
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Summer in Iceland written by Carl Wilhelm Paijkull and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark McWilliams
Publisher : Oxford Symposium
ISBN 13 : 1903018897
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Celebration written by Mark McWilliams and published by Oxford Symposium. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on Food and Celebration from the 2011 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. The 2011 meeting marked the thirtieth year of the Symposium.
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Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Browning
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Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book The Edda Songs and Sagas of Iceland written by George Browning and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Browning (F.R.Hist.Soc.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book The Edda Songs and Sagas of Iceland. A Lecture ... written by George Browning (F.R.Hist.Soc.) and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristýna Králová
Publisher : utzverlag GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3831648263
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Fast Goes the Fleeting Time: The Miscellaneous Concepts of Time in Different Old Norse Genres and their Causes written by Kristýna Králová and published by utzverlag GmbH. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is concerned with time reckoning and perception in Old Norse culture. Based on an analysis of various prose and poetic works, the author reconstructs the native images of time, as well as their changes in relation to social development, namely the arrival of Christianity and feudalism to the North. The primary sources are divided into three groups. The first group comprises works that contain traces of the original domestic understanding of time, the „Poetic Edda“, „Snorri’s Edda“, legendary and family sagas. The second group includes different types of texts, all of which adopt foreign concepts of time that spread to Iceland especially through various learned treatises and the influence of the Church. Lastly, it is examined how foreign time reckoning and perception affected the temporal structure of kings’ and bishops’ sagas included in the third group of sources.
Author : Árni Björnsson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Icelandic Feasts and Holidays written by Árni Björnsson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origin and history of holidays celebrated by Icelanders over the centuries.
Author : William Bisiker
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Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Across Iceland written by William Bisiker and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an account of a journey across central Iceland, from the northeast to the southwest, made in the summer of 1900 by a party of five men and one woman. The author and expedition leader, William Bisiker, was an English geographer associated with the Oxford School of Geography. The group included Arthur W. Hill, a noted botanist and later director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the geologist Herbert H. Thomas, later a noted paleobiologist and archaeologist. In addition to the overland journey, the book recounts a visit to the Faroe Islands, travels in western Iceland, and a journey by sea along the coast and into the fjords of the northwest, north, and east coasts of the island. It describes visits to isolated farms, small settlements, and churches, as well as rugged physical features including rivers of quicksand, long stretches of moraine, geysers, and various lava formations. A chapter on the capital of Reykjavik deals with the political structure of Iceland, at the time a dependency of Denmark, but which had been granted home rule that was exercised through the ancient Icelandic parliament, the Althing. The book, published in 1902, includes many photographs, four maps, and an appendix by Hill on plants collected in Iceland and the Faroes. Hill observed, among other things, that algae were found living in Iceland's hot springs at temperatures of up to 85° C. (185° F.).
Author : Eiríkr Magnússon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book "Edda" written by Eiríkr Magnússon and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Time written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marianne Hem Eriksen
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782977309
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Viking Worlds written by Marianne Hem Eriksen and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen papers explore a variety of inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding the Viking past, both in Scandinavia and in the Viking diaspora. Contributions employ both traditional inter- or multi-disciplinarian perspectives such as using historical sources, Icelandic sagas and Eddic poetry and also specialised methodologies and/or empirical studies, place-name research, the history of religion and technological advancements, such as isotope analysis. Together these generate new insights into the technology, social organisation and mentality of the worlds of the Vikings. Geographically, contributions range from Iceland through Scandinavia to the Continent. Scandinavian, British and Continental Viking scholars come together to challenge established truths, present new definitions and discuss old themes from new angles. Topics discussed include personal and communal identity; gender relations between people, artefacts, and places/spaces; rules and regulations within different social arenas; processes of production, trade and exchange, and transmission of knowledge within both past Viking-age societies and present-day research. Displaying thematic breadth as well as geographic and academic diversity, the articles may foreshadow up-and-coming themes for Viking Age research. Rooted in different traditions, using diverse methods and exploring eclectic material Viking Worlds will provide the reader with a sense of current and forthcoming issues, debates and topics in Viking studies, and give insight into a new generation of ideas and approaches which will mark the years to come.
Author : Richard John King
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sketches and Studies written by Richard John King and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
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