Icelandic Commonwealth
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icelandic-commonwealth-204-3544473
title:
Icelandic Commonwealth
text:
The Icelandic Commonwealth, also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king with the Old Covenant in 1262. With the probable exception of hermitic Irish monks known as Papar, Iceland was an uninhabited island until around 874. The Icelandic Commonwealth had a unique political system whereby chieftains (goðar) established a common legal code and settled judicial disput
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
c. 930 – 1262 state in Iceland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Commonwealth
date created:
2003-11-29T14:03:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:51:50Z
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13
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