History of Iceland

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Early explorations and discoveries in the Far North

The colonization of Iceland

Organization of the Icelandic state and government

Introduction of Christianity

Climate and natural conditions in Iceland. Early social life

Discovery and colonization of Greenland. Discovery of the American continent. The Vinland voyages

Development of Scaldic song and saga literature

Civil strife in Iceland. Conditions in the church. Snorri Sturlason

The Sturlung period of civil war

Union of Norway and Iceland. Growing ascendancy of the clergy

Growing influence of the Norwegian government. Great calamities resulting in general distress. Decline of intellectual life and literary art

English commerce with Iceland. The Icelandic church. Intercourse of the Hanseatic cities with Iceland

The reformation of Iceland

Great calamities. The Danish trade monopoly. New literary activity

Commerce with Iceland during the Napoleonic Wars. The adventurer Jorgen Jorgensen. Improvement of economic conditions after 1814

Romanticism in Iceland. Struggle for autonomy. The Icelandic Constitution of 1874. Improved economic conditions

Realism in Icelandic literature. Modern intellectual life in Iceland

Struggle for independence. Iceland proclaimed a sovereign state. Recent economic development

Icelandic immigration. The Icelanders in America