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Friendship in the Icelandic Commonwealthessay 1992 • Jón Vidðar Sigurðsson
Early Icelanders • Europe > Scandinavia
During the commonwealth period in Iceland (ca. ninth century -1262/64), the people were tied together in a number of different ways, through family, marriage, oaths, community, parish, and probably most important of all, friendships. This article dis...