Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Illustrations and Maps viii
4. From the Author's Foreword ix
5. A Prefatory Note from the Translator x
6. Discovery and Settlement 1
7. Form of Government 35
8. Voyages and Explorations 94
9. Church and Religion 118
10. The Death Throes of the Commonwealth 222
11. Economic History and Material Culture 288
12. The Author 359
13. Genealogical Tables 361
14. Lawspeakers During the Commonwealth Period 367
15. Bishops During the Commonwealth Period 369
16. A Select Bibliography of Works by Dr. Jón Jóhannesson 370
17. Bibliography of Works Cited 371
18. Index of Names 375