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As Iceland itself is small and isolated, the individualistic “us against them” mentality didn’t last long, and gave way to less violent forms of vendetta. [19] This is a major shift in contrast to the raiding and pillaging going on in the rest of the Viking World and sets Viking-age Iceland apart from other Norse settlements.
This is a timeline of Icelandic history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Iceland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of Iceland .
There is little consensus on how to divide Icelandic history. Gunnar's own book A Brief History of Iceland (2010) has 33 chapters with considerable overlap in dates. Jón J. Aðils' 1915 text, Íslandssaga (A History of Iceland) uses ten periods: Landnámsöld (Settlement Age) c. 870–930; Söguöld (Saga Age) 930–1030
Iceland's best-known classical works of literature are the Icelanders' sagas, prose epics set in Iceland's age of settlement. The most famous of these include Njáls saga , about an epic blood feud, and Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga , describing the discovery and settlement of Greenland and Vinland (modern Newfoundland ).
History of Iceland; Timeline of Icelandic history; Middle ages. Settlement of Iceland. 870–930 . Icelandic Commonwealth. 930–1262 ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Reykjavík, Iceland. ... Settlement of Iceland. 870–930 . Icelandic Commonwealth. 930–1262
Hannes Hafstein served as the first minister of Iceland from 31 January 1904 until 31 March 1909. The Act of Union, signed on 1 December 1918 by Icelandic and Danish authorities, recognized Iceland as a fully sovereign state (the Kingdom of Iceland), joined with Denmark in a personal union with the Danish king. Iceland established its own flag ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; ... This is a list of years in Iceland. See also the timeline of Icelandic history. 9th century