Medievalists.net » Iceland http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 7 Things One Should Know When Dealing with Kings: The Icelander’s Version http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/7-things-one-should-know-when-dealing-with-kings-the-icelanders-version/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/7-things-one-should-know-when-dealing-with-kings-the-icelanders-version/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62887 Here is MaryAnn R. Adams’ winning advice on how to deal with Norse kings.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/7-things-one-should-know-when-dealing-with-kings-the-icelanders-version/feed/ 0 Skriðuklaustur monastery: Medical Centre of Medieval East Iceland? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/05/skriduklaustur-monastery-medical-centre-of-medieval-east-iceland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/05/skriduklaustur-monastery-medical-centre-of-medieval-east-iceland/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:25:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62326 Skriðuklaustur monastery was the youngest of nine cloisters operated in Iceland during the Catholic period of the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/05/skriduklaustur-monastery-medical-centre-of-medieval-east-iceland/feed/ 0 ‘Hann lá eigi kyrr’: Revenants and a Haunted Past in the Sagas of Icelanders http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/hann-la-eigi-kyrr-revenants-and-a-haunted-past-in-the-sagas-of-icelanders/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/hann-la-eigi-kyrr-revenants-and-a-haunted-past-in-the-sagas-of-icelanders/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:13:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62090 From Antiquity to the present day, the idea of the dead returning to interact with the living has greatly influenced human imagination, and this has been reflected in literature — the product of that imagination.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/hann-la-eigi-kyrr-revenants-and-a-haunted-past-in-the-sagas-of-icelanders/feed/ 0 Dental Health in Viking Age Icelanders http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/30/dental-health-in-viking-age-icelanders/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/30/dental-health-in-viking-age-icelanders/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:57:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61458 The purpose of the study was to evaluate dental health in Iceland 1000 years ago.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/18/reconstructing-the-past-in-medieval-iceland/feed/ 0 A note on the regional distribution of pagan burials in Iceland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/a-note-on-the-regional-distribution-of-pagan-burials-in-iceland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/a-note-on-the-regional-distribution-of-pagan-burials-in-iceland/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2015 15:57:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59978 Comparison of the distribution of pagan burials in Iceland with medieval information about the number of farmers in different parts of the country allows a division of the country into three zones of low, medium and high frequency of pagan burials relative to the number of settlements.

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