This thesis examines the role that social capital played in the medieval Icelandic culture of power as seen in Njáls saga. Njáls saga was chosen because of its depiction of conflict and settlement between individuals and their social networks. The saga shows how fallout from actions can involve many individuals from a social network. Njáls saga allows for a long-term overview of social competition as it depicts the weakness of lasting settlements between parties. Application of the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu are useful insomuch as they allow to measure and examine the society depicted in Njáls saga. This thesis is divided into 3 chapters. Chapter 1 examines social capital within the context of medieval Icelandic society. In this section the l...
In the last four decades some scholarly attention has been drawn to the parallels between prominent ...
Efnahagsleg og félagsleg réttindi eru aðalumfjöllunarefni þessarar ritgerðar. Verður vikið að þeirri...
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the meaning of sagas in a European context by analyzing cer...
THESIS 11450The ?slendingaso?gur, or Icelandic family sagas, represent a deeply introspective cultur...
Prior to the Norwegian annexation, Icelandic society lacked a government with an executive branch. A...
Félagsauður (e. social capital) er hugtak sem var fyrst notað af Hanifan árið 1916. Í hugtakinu fela...
In the last four decades some scholarly attention has been drawn to the parallels between prominent ...
This dissertation outlines the political and social organization of the Icelandic Commonwealth, and ...
Ágrip Í ritgerð þessari er leitast við að varpa ljósi á það hvernig íslenskar fornsögur draga upp m...
Shorter WorksCaleb Farris’s The King and I?: An Analysis of Social Class and Loyalty in the Sagas of...
Research on medieval Iceland--focusing on the period of the Commonwealth, from the establishment of ...
Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology has its origin in his ethnographic work on the honor-based society of Ka...
FræðigreinThe paper applies the assumption that small states/entities need economic and political sh...
Hefðbundnar nálganir í alþjóðasamskiptum leggja áherslu á og skilgreina völd og áhrif eftir efnisleg...
FræðigreinAccording to the international relations literature, small countries need to form an allia...
In the last four decades some scholarly attention has been drawn to the parallels between prominent ...
Efnahagsleg og félagsleg réttindi eru aðalumfjöllunarefni þessarar ritgerðar. Verður vikið að þeirri...
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the meaning of sagas in a European context by analyzing cer...
THESIS 11450The ?slendingaso?gur, or Icelandic family sagas, represent a deeply introspective cultur...
Prior to the Norwegian annexation, Icelandic society lacked a government with an executive branch. A...
Félagsauður (e. social capital) er hugtak sem var fyrst notað af Hanifan árið 1916. Í hugtakinu fela...
In the last four decades some scholarly attention has been drawn to the parallels between prominent ...
This dissertation outlines the political and social organization of the Icelandic Commonwealth, and ...
Ágrip Í ritgerð þessari er leitast við að varpa ljósi á það hvernig íslenskar fornsögur draga upp m...
Shorter WorksCaleb Farris’s The King and I?: An Analysis of Social Class and Loyalty in the Sagas of...
Research on medieval Iceland--focusing on the period of the Commonwealth, from the establishment of ...
Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology has its origin in his ethnographic work on the honor-based society of Ka...
FræðigreinThe paper applies the assumption that small states/entities need economic and political sh...
Hefðbundnar nálganir í alþjóðasamskiptum leggja áherslu á og skilgreina völd og áhrif eftir efnisleg...
FræðigreinAccording to the international relations literature, small countries need to form an allia...
In the last four decades some scholarly attention has been drawn to the parallels between prominent ...
Efnahagsleg og félagsleg réttindi eru aðalumfjöllunarefni þessarar ritgerðar. Verður vikið að þeirri...
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the meaning of sagas in a European context by analyzing cer...