Landnámabók
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Landnámabók is a medieval Icelandic manuscript that records the early settlement of Iceland, detailing the names, origins, and land claims of its first Norse settlers.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Icelandic saga literature
ⓘ
historical text ⓘ medieval Icelandic manuscript ⓘ settlement book ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Icelandic Commonwealth period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of land-taking (landnám)
ⓘ
genealogical information about Icelandic families ⓘ topographical descriptions of Iceland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | medieval Icelandic ⓘ |
| describes |
land claims of early Icelandic settlers
ⓘ
names of early Icelandic settlers ⓘ origins of early Icelandic settlers ⓘ |
| documents |
distribution of land among first settlers
ⓘ
origins of major Icelandic chieftain families ⓘ place names in early Iceland ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Old Norse studies
ⓘ
historical geography of Iceland ⓘ medieval Scandinavian history ⓘ |
| focusesOn | first Norse settlers of Iceland ⓘ |
| genre |
historical chronicle
ⓘ
prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Book of Settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Hauksbók
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Melabók NERFINISHED ⓘ Skálholtsbók NERFINISHED ⓘ Sturlubók NERFINISHED ⓘ Þórðarbók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key source for Viking Age Norse expansion
ⓘ
key source for early Icelandic history ⓘ |
| influenced | later Icelandic historical writing ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Icelandic saga tradition ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | Icelandic elite families ⓘ |
| originalScript | runic-derived Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval Icelandic manuscripts ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
Old Icelandic
ⓘ
Old Norse ⓘ |
| records | early settlement of Iceland ⓘ |
| regionDescribed | all quarters of Iceland ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Íslendingabók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Norse settlement of Iceland ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
10th century
ⓘ
9th century ⓘ |
| typeOfInformation |
land ownership records (traditional)
ⓘ
prosopographical data ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceFor |
Icelandic genealogical research
ⓘ
Icelandic legal and social history ⓘ studies of Viking Age settlement patterns ⓘ |
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