The rise and decline of the Icelandic commonwealth

The purpose of this study was to trace the history of the Icelandic commonwealth, from the rise of the independent Icelandic State 930 A.D. to its collapse 1262 A.D. Efforts were made to analyze the different theories on the reasons for the early settlement, as well as the reasons for the establishment of a general state, and then later the reasons for the collapse. In the Icelandic system there existed a complex legal and judicial order without any central executive power, with private enforcement of law. Although it is difficult, now, to determine the attractiveness of this system, e.g., in comparison to other European Nations at that time, the theoretical interest remains the same.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Department dc:contributor.department

Economics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1982

Author dc:creator

• Fridriksson, Fridrik

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80146

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/80146