IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1645: Iceland: The Long Medieval Period, II
Thursday 9 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Bernadette McCooey, Independent Scholar, Birmingham |
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Moderator/Chair: | Ryder Patzuk-Russell, Department of History, University of Birmingham |
Paper 1645-a | Climate, Society, Economy, and Scholarship: Environmental Writings in Iceland, c. 1400-1700 (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Social History |
Paper 1645-b | Famines in Iceland: The Early Modern Evidence versus the Medieval Evidence (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Social History |
Paper 1645-c | More than Bovine and Ovine in Later Medieval Iceland (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Economics - Rural, Social History |
Abstract | In Iceland, medieval characteristics continued beyond what is conventionally regarded as the medieval period. This session, the second of two, resides on the border of scholarly periodisation and so fits well into the IMC's thematic scope. The later medieval period in Iceland has been viewed as a time of hardship, even decline. The session presentations take a fresh look at the extant sources regarding climate, environment, famines, and farming; areas often used as providing evidence for hard times. The first paper, based on a large international project, is co-authored to reflect expertise. |