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Icelandic Commonwealth

The Icelandic Commonwealth, also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing (Icelandic: Alþingi) 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 isla…

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Capital
Þingvellir
Common languages
Old Norse (later Old Icelandic)
Demonym
Norse: Icelandic
Historical era
High Middle Ages
Legislature
Lögrétta of Alþingi
Religion
Old Norse religion (official before 1000) · Roman Catholicism (official after 1000)

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Goðorð system

Court system

Warfare

Religion

Decline and fall

Contemporary libertarian perspectives

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Icelandic Commonwealth

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples45
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Icelandic Commonwealth

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related to Decline and fall · 12
Icelandic Commonwealth → Age, An, Commonwealth, However, Icelandic, In, One, Originally, Sturlungs, The, There, Whereas
Religion · 2
Icelandic Commonwealth → Old Norse religion (official before 1000), Roman Catholicism (official after 1000)
Capital · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → Þingvellir
Common languages · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → Old Norse (later Old Icelandic)
Demonym · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → Norse: Icelandic
Historical era · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → High Middle Ages
Legislature · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → Lögrétta of Alþingi
Status · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → Stateless commonwealth
Today part of · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → Iceland
• 1004–1030 · 1
Icelandic Commonwealth → Skapti Þóroddsson

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iceland icelandic chieftains goðar norway commonwealth alþingi power could assembly society system regional law legal also king judicial century political

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Icelandic CommonwealthCapitalÞingvellir1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthCommon languagesOld Norse (later Old Icelandic)1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthDemonymNorse: Icelandic1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthHistorical eraHigh Middle Ages1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthLegislatureLögrétta of Alþingi1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthReligionOld Norse religion (official before 1000)1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthReligionRoman Catholicism (official after 1000)1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthStatusStateless commonwealth1.00infobox
Icelandic CommonwealthToday part ofIceland1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1004–1030Skapti Þóroddsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1031–1033Steinn Þorgestsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1034–1053Þorkell Tjörvason1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1054–1062/1072–1074Gellir Bolverksson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1063–1065/1075Gunnar Þorgrímsson the Wise1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1066–1071Kolbeinn Flosason1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1076–1083Sighvatur Surtsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1084–1107Markús Skeggjason1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1108–1116Úlfhéðinn Gunnarsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1117–1122Bergþór Hrafnsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1199–1238Sturla Sighvatsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1208–1245Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1208–1268Gissur Þorvaldsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1210–1256Þórður kakali Sighvatsson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1214–1284Sturla Þórðarson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1215–1218/1222–1231Snorri Sturluson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1248–1250/1252Ólafur Þórðarson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 1251Sturla Þórðarson1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• 985–1001Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði1.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• Alþingi establishedc. 9301.00infobox
Icelandic Commonwealth• Norwegian kingship12621.00infobox

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