Icelanders in the Viking Age: The People of the Sagas (Paperback)

from ccooney

A very detailed account of Viking life in Iceland. It goes into how they set up their government, Viking weapons, food, medicine, trade, ships. The book also discusses about their lives including gender roles, outcasts, duels, life's milestones, poetry, art, music, games, mythology, and conversio...

from PirateJenny

Early Reviewer win (I love you guys!) I haven't read many of the sagas yet (though I'm thrilled the copy I own of The Sagas of the Icelanders is the one recommended by the author) but I have no doubt this book will be most helpful to understanding the history behind them. I never realized just ho...

from JuniperHoot

As some of the other reviewers have already noted, "Icelanders in the Viking Age: The People of the Sagas" is an accessible, albeit somewhat dry, treatment of the subject. It provides an excellent starting point for readers interested in history and medieval cultures, and serves to whet the appet...

from mrfletcher

This book has a lot of useful information about Icelanders but much of it has been prepublished on the web as the authors website. I was a little dissapointed to not see as much new information but a rehash of collected information. That said, it is a useful book to own and an interesting read. W...

from gwernin

A bit dry, but encyclopedic in coverage, and cumulatively fascinating. Chapters include: The land; the settlement; government and law; social structure and gender; feuds, honor, and the culture of combat; milestones of life; farm, food production, and home life; manufacture and trade; transportat...