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6. Kinsmen and Friends: “Let There Be a Fjord between Kinsmen, but a Bay between Friends”
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Jon Vidar Sigurdsson
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1. Friendship: The Most Important Social Bond in Iceland in the Free State Period 11
- 2. Friendship between Chieftains: “To His Friend a Man Should Be a Friend, and Repay Gifts with Gifts” 37
- 3. Kings and Their Friends 47
- 4. Clerics and Friendship 72
- 5. Friends of the Gods 86
- 6. Kinsmen and Friends: “Let There Be a Fjord between Kinsmen, but a Bay between Friends” 103
- 7. Friendship Loses Its Power: Political Changes in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century 116
- 8. Pragmatic Friendship 126
- Notes 135
- Bibliography 161
- Index 179
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1. Friendship: The Most Important Social Bond in Iceland in the Free State Period 11
- 2. Friendship between Chieftains: “To His Friend a Man Should Be a Friend, and Repay Gifts with Gifts” 37
- 3. Kings and Their Friends 47
- 4. Clerics and Friendship 72
- 5. Friends of the Gods 86
- 6. Kinsmen and Friends: “Let There Be a Fjord between Kinsmen, but a Bay between Friends” 103
- 7. Friendship Loses Its Power: Political Changes in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century 116
- 8. Pragmatic Friendship 126
- Notes 135
- Bibliography 161
- Index 179
