dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Meens, R.M.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bressers, L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-04T18:00:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-04T18:00:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/35751 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 2011 publication The Better Angels of Our Nature, by Steven Pinker warrants a re-examination of the Hobbesian principle of the Leviathan. This thesis examines the supposed violent nature of stateless societies by way of a case-study, 13th century Iceland. It combines existing research with an in-depth analysis of Hrafnkels Saga Freysgoða. The analysis demonstrates that descriptions of violence were common, but violence was always limited by social hierarchy, laws, and conventions. The honor-driven, feuding society of medieval Iceland was highly complex and violent resolutions were often a possibility, but rarely the only viable way forward. The characterization of non-state societies as inherently violent is therefore problematic. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 294772 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | The Stateless Society of Saga-Age Iceland
Violence in Hrafnkels Saga Freysgoða | |
dc.type.content | Bachelor Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Hobbes, Saga, Saga-literature, Sagas, medieval, Iceland, Middle Ages, Violence, Hrafnkels Saga, Conflict Resolution. | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Geschiedenis | |