COA14a - Tithes they are a Changin'
- 1 minTithes they are a Changin’
In this episode - the first of two parts - we explore the continued Christianization of Iceland in the 1100s with a particular focus on the development of literate culture and the implications of this new culture on Icelandic Society.
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Sources
Íslendingabók & Kristni Saga translated by Siân Grønlie.
Hungrvaka translated by Camilla Basset.
Viking Age Iceland by Jesse Byock.
The Christianization of Iceland: Priests, Power, and Social Change 1000-1300 by Orri Vesteinsson
Power and Conversion — A Comparative Study of Christianization in Scandinavia by Alexandra Sanmark.
Article on Tithes from Wikipedia.
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