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33 relations: Althing, Ásbirningar family clan, Ísafjörður, Þórður kakali Sighvatsson, Battle of Örlygsstaðir, Battle of Haugsnes, Battle of the Gulf, Battle of Víðines, Earl, Eastern Region (Iceland), Farthings of Iceland, Flateyjarbók, Flugumýri Arson, Gissur Þorvaldsson, Gothi, Haakon IV of Norway, Haukdælir family clan, History of Iceland, Iceland, Icelandic Commonwealth, Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson, Norway, Oddaverjar family clan, Old Covenant (Iceland), Sagas of Icelanders, Skagafjörður, Snorri Sturluson, Sturla Sighvatsson, Sturlunga saga, Sturlungar family clan, Svínfellingar family clan, Vassal, Vatnsfirðingar family clan.
Althing
The Alþingi (parliament (Icelandic) and anglicised as Althingi or Althing) is the national parliament of Iceland.
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Ásbirningar family clan
The Ásbirnings were a powerful family clan in the medieval Icelandic Commonwealth.
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Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður (pronounced, meaning ice fjord or fjord of ice, ice in plural genitive) is a town in the northwest of Iceland.
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Þórður kakali Sighvatsson
Þórður kakali Sighvatsson (died 1256) (the nickname kakali probably means "The Stammerer") was a 13th-century Icelandic chieftain who fought in the Icelandic civil war during the Age of the Sturlungs.
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Battle of Örlygsstaðir
The Battle of Örlygsstaðir was a historic battle fought by the Sturlungar against the Ásbirningar and the Haukdælir clans in northern Iceland.
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Battle of Haugsnes
The Battle of Haugsnes was fought at Haugsnes, a low peninsula south of Flugumýri in Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland.
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Battle of the Gulf
The Battle of the Gulf was a naval battle on 25 June 1244 in Iceland's Húnaflói Bay, during the Age of the Sturlungs civil war.
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Battle of Víðines
The Battle of Víðines of 1208 was a conflict that took place between secular and clerical forces in early 13th century Iceland.
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Earl
An earl is a member of the nobility.
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Eastern Region (Iceland)
Eastern Region (Austurland, also known as Austfirðir: "Eastfjords") is a region in eastern Iceland.
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Farthings of Iceland
Historically, Iceland was divided into four farthings (landsfjórðungar, singular landsfjórðungur) corresponding to the cardinal directions.
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Flateyjarbók
Flateyjarbók is an important medieval Icelandic manuscript.
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Flugumýri Arson
The Flugumýrarbrenna (the Flugumýri Arson) was a quickfire (arson) that took place 22 October 1253 in Iceland during the Age of the Sturlungs.
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Gissur Þorvaldsson
Gissur Thorvaldsson (1208 – 12 January 1268) (Gissur Þorvaldsson) was a medieval Icelandic chieftain or goði of the Haukdælir family clan, and great-grandson of Jón Loftsson.
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Gothi
A goði or gothi (plural goðar) is the Old Norse term for a priest and chieftain.
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Haakon IV of Norway
Haakon Haakonsson (c. March/April 1204 – 16 December 1263) (Old Norse: Hákon Hákonarson; Norwegian: Håkon Håkonsson), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his son with the same name, and known in modern regnal lists as Haakon IV, was the King of Norway from 1217 to 1263.
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Haukdælir family clan
The Haukdælir were one of the family clans who controlled medieval Iceland during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
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History of Iceland
The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and their slaves from the east, particularly Norway and the British Isles, in the late ninth century.
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
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Icelandic Commonwealth
The Icelandic Commonwealth, Icelandic Free State, or Republic of Iceland (þjóðveldið or, less commonly, goðaveldið) was the state existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Alþingi (Althing) in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king with the Old Covenant in 1262.
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Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson
Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson (1208 – 22 July 1245) was an Icelandic chieftain or goði of the Ásbirningar family clan.
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Norway
Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.
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Oddaverjar family clan
The Oddaverjar were among the most powerful family clans in the medieval Icelandic Commonwealth.
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Old Covenant (Iceland)
The Old Covenant (Gamli sáttmáli) was the name of the agreement which effected the union of Iceland and Norway.
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Sagas of Icelanders
The Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), also known as family sagas, are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries, during the so-called Saga Age.
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Skagafjörður
Skagafjörður is a deep bay in northern Iceland.
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Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson (1179 – 23 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.
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Sturla Sighvatsson
Sturla Sighvatsson (1199 – 21 August 1238) was an Icelandic chieftain or goði of the Sturlungar family clan who played an active role in the armed conflicts in Iceland during the Age of the Sturlungs (Icelandic: Sturlungaöld).
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Sturlunga saga
Sturlunga saga (often called simply Sturlunga) is a collection of Icelandic sagas by various authors from the 12th and 13th centuries; it was assembled in about 1300.
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Sturlungar family clan
The Sturlungs (Icelandic: Sturlungar) were a powerful family clan in medieval mid-13th century Iceland, in the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
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Svínfellingar family clan
The Svínfellings (or Svínfellingar) were a family clan in the medieval Icelandic Commonwealth.
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Vassal
A vassal is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe.
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Vatnsfirðingar family clan
The Vatnsfirðings (or Vatnsfirðingar) were one of the most influential family clans in twelfth century Iceland during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Sturlungs
