- The Age of the
Sturlungs or the
Sturlung Era (Icelandic: Sturlungaöld [ˈstʏ(r)tluŋkaˌœlt]) was a 42-/44-year
period of
violent internal strife in mid-13th-century...
- The
Sturlungs (Icelandic:
Sturlungar [ˈstʏ(r)tluŋkar̥]) were a
powerful family clan in 13th
century Iceland, in the time of the
Icelandic Commonwealth...
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during the Age of the
Sturlungs (c. 1220–1264). This
period was
marked by
violent conflicts among chieftains,
notably the
Sturlung family,
leading to the...
- was the
politically most
influential woman in
Iceland in the Age of the
Sturlungs. She was also a
skald and
listed as such in Skáldatal. Most of what is...
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early thirteenth century, the
internal conflict known as the age of the
Sturlungs weakened Iceland,
which eventually became subjugated to
Norway over the...
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fortresses and
castles had been
built in Iceland.
During the Age of the
Sturlungs, the
average battle involved fewer than 1000 men, with an
average casualty...
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Commonwealth had no
official leader. In the
early 13th century, the Age of the
Sturlungs, the
Commonwealth began to
suffer from long
conflicts between warring...
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Commonwealth 930–1262 ****hings 965 Christianization 999–1118
Sturlung era 1180–1264 Staðamálin 1178–1297
Norwegian rule 1262–1380 Old...
- an
active role in the
armed conflicts in
Iceland during the Age of the
Sturlungs (Icelandic: Sturlungaöld).
Sturla was the son of
Sighvatur Sturluson,...
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fought with
Gissur Þorvaldsson
against the
Sturlungs in the
Icelandic civil war
during the Age of the
Sturlungs. His
homestead was in Víðimýri in Skagafjörður...
