Viking Friendship: The Social Bond in Iceland and Norway, C. 900-1300 by Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

Viking Friendship: The Social Bond in Iceland and Norway, C. 900-1300

Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

183 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction historical history politics informative reflective slow-paced
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"To a faithful friend, straight are the roads and short."--Odin, from the Havamal (c. 1000)Friendship was the most important social bond in Iceland and Norway during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages. Far more significantly than kinship tie...

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