IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 311: Changing Climates in Later Medieval Iceland, II
Monday 5 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Bernadette McCooey, Independent Scholar, Birmingham |
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Moderator/Chair: | Bernadette McCooey, Independent Scholar, Birmingham |
Paper 311-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 311-b | Consequences of the Plague for Early 15th-Century Icelandic Society (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Demography, Law |
Paper 311-c | Famines in Iceland: The Early Modern Evidence versus the Medieval Evidence (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Social History |
Abstract | In Iceland, medieval characteristics continued beyond what is conventionally regarded as the medieval period. This session, the second of two, examines the changing ideological climate of later medieval scholarship about Iceland, and so fits well into the IMC's thematic scope. The later medieval period in Iceland has been viewed as a time of hardship, and even decline. The session presentations take a fresh look at the extant sources regarding climate, environment, famines and pestilence; areas often used as providing evidence for hard times. The first paper, based on a large international project, is co-authored to reflect expertise. |