Nature and Policy in Iceland 1400-1800
Summary
The feel-good place to buy books
Nature and Policy in Iceland 1400-1800 by Kirsten Hastrup
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.
her book.. is greatly to be welcomed * Times Literary Supplement *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198277286 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198277288 |
| Title | Nature and Policy in Iceland 1400-1800 |
| Author | Kirsten Hastrup |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1990-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 380 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |