Carter, Tara,

Iceland's networked society : revealing how the global affairs of the Viking age created new forms of social complexity / by Tara Carter. - 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Northern World : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. peoples, economics and cultures, Volume 69 1569-1462 ; . - Northern world ; Volume 69. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examining the process of secondary state development in Iceland -- Environmental constraints and the development of an autonomous secondary state -- The Norwegian world system : hegemonic colonial secondary state formation -- Examining the economic dimensions of early Icelandic society : a proposed methodology for multiregional settlement pattern analysis -- The archaeological survey of Hjaltadalur and Viovikursveit -- From independent traders to dependent tenants : reflections of an economic landscape in Skagafjorour -- The formation of a synergistic secondary state in the Norse economic territory.

9789004293342 (e-book)


Social networks--History--Iceland--To 1500.
Complexity (Philosophy)--Social aspects--History--Iceland--To 1500.
Vikings--History.--Iceland
Globalization--Social aspects--History--Iceland--To 1500.
Cosmopolitanism--History--Iceland--To 1500.


Iceland--History--To 1262.
Iceland--Economic conditions.
Norway--Relations--Iceland.
Iceland--Relations--Norway.
Iceland--Antiquities.


Electronic books.

DL352 / .C378 2015eb

949.12/01