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The Book of Settlements: Landnamabok (U of M Icelandic Series, 1) Paperback – January 15, 2007

by Herman Palsson (Translator), Paul Edwards (Translator)
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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Iceland was the last country in Europe to become inhabited, and we know more about the beginnings and early history of Icelandic society than we do of any other in the Old World. This world was vividly recounted in The Book of Settlements, first compiled by the first Icelandic historians in the thirteenth century. It describes in detail individuals and daily life during the Icelandic Age of Settlement.
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    159 pages
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    University of Manitoba Press
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    January 15, 2007
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    6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0887556981
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0887556982
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Iceland was the last country in Europe to become inhabited, and we know more about the beginnings and early history of Icelandic society than we do of any other in the Old World. This world was vividly recounted in The Book of Settlements, first compiled by the first Icelandic historians in the thirteenth century. It describes in detail individuals and daily life during the Icelandic Age of Settlement.

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Hermann Pálsson (1921 - 2002) was an Icelandic language scholar and reknowned translator of numerous Icelandic sagas.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Manitoba Press (January 15, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 159 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0887556981
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0887556982
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very readable translation.
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2017
This is a readable and carefully organized translation of a book full of small, interesting stories about the early Icelanders (many of them no more than a paragraph long, others stretching several pages).My hope was that this book would make a good supplement to my amateur interest in the sagas, and so far it hasn't disappointed.

The introduction is scholarly, well-written, and concise. A number of very helpful maps are included at the end. These are particularly nice, because aside from showing the scale and elevation of each region individually, they also list not just the major locations but also the homes of many different settlers, all clearly labelled using different type.

I've looking forward to reading it more completely soon.
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grim norseman
4.0 out of 5 stars Just the facts ma'am ...........
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2008
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I am currently reading all things norse/viking I can get my hands on, and saw this title refered to often in the Icelandic area of those studies. Landnamabok ("Book of Settlements") tells short tales of "who did what to whom" during the early settlement of Iceland in viking times. If these accounts are reasonably true, those "crazed norsemen" considered it a better idea to pack everything they owned into large, open row boats and sail across the uncharted Atlantic into an unknown future, rather than fight what was bothering them back in the "old" country. Ultimately, Iceland presented them with the same difficulties getting along with each other as motivated them to leave their homelands in the first place. We can run, but we cannot hide from our own human nature,,,,, };>{>
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Rod Geddes
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for aIl interested in Icelandic history and sagas.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2015
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I have been looking for this book for a number of years, not realising that it was published by Manitoba University Press. An absolute must for everyone interested in the early history and/or sagas of Iceland.
The translation keeps to the "feeling" of Icelandic texts of the time.
A very good book at a reasonable price for what it is.
If you want to explore further, I would recommend saving up for the Complete Sagas of Icelanders, published by Leifur Eiriksson Publishers of Iceland. Considering what you pay for individual sagas it is a bargain!
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