- Hardcover: 380 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press (April 30 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0198277288
- ISBN-13: 978-0198277286
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 699 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,067,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Review
`her book ... is greatly to be welcomed' Times Literary Supplement
'Few have explored Iceland's experimental opportunities more imaginatively than Kirsten Hastrup. Those who are stimulated by her two major studies will find more to whet their appetites in the thirty items of her own that are listed in a bibliography of more than 500 references.' W.R. Mead, University College, London, European History Quarterly
'She shows a great sensitivity to the language of her sources which allows her to discern categories used by the Icelanders themselves. Readers familiar with the Iceland of the sagas will find much food for thought here, and those unfamiliar with Iceland will find this an insightful introduction. Even readers with no particular interest in Iceland will find that the book contributes to our overall understanding of the interaction between representation and experience, culture and society.' Ruth Mazo Karras, University of Pennsylvania, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
`Hastrup is to be applauded for tackling an under-scrutinized period which until recently was neglected by non-Icelandic historians in favor of the Commonwealth and nationalist eras. Nature and Policy may be particularly useful as a compendium of primary and secondary sources germance to the period.' Scandinavian Studies
'Few have explored Iceland's experimental opportunities more imaginatively than Kirsten Hastrup. Those who are stimulated by her two major studies will find more to whet their appetites in the thirty items of her own that are listed in a bibliography of more than 500 references.' W.R. Mead, University College, London, European History Quarterly
'She shows a great sensitivity to the language of her sources which allows her to discern categories used by the Icelanders themselves. Readers familiar with the Iceland of the sagas will find much food for thought here, and those unfamiliar with Iceland will find this an insightful introduction. Even readers with no particular interest in Iceland will find that the book contributes to our overall understanding of the interaction between representation and experience, culture and society.' Ruth Mazo Karras, University of Pennsylvania, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
`Hastrup is to be applauded for tackling an under-scrutinized period which until recently was neglected by non-Icelandic historians in favor of the Commonwealth and nationalist eras. Nature and Policy may be particularly useful as a compendium of primary and secondary sources germance to the period.' Scandinavian Studies
Book Description
The Icelandic Free State which flourished from 930 to the middle of the thirteenth century gave rise to a sophisticated political system and had a rich literary culture. However, by 1400 the structure of this society had begun to crumble. The following period, from 1400 to 1800, has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book Kirsten Hastrup offers an analysis of Icelandic society during a period of remarkable social disintegration and technological decline. She approaches the subject from a variety of angles, juxtaposing the economic, social, and political orders with concepts of humanity, fate, and nature, and providing the reader with a comprehensive picture of Icelandic society in the period. Her analysis shows how the dissolution of the ancient order must be attributed to internal factors of culture and mentality, as well as to the external ones of natural catastrophe and commercial exploitation. She ends the book with a valuable discussion of the nature of causation in history.
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