The Icelandic Commonwealth, also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing...
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similarly named party, the Commonwealth Land Party, was in existence. The Icelandic Commonwealth or the Icelandic Free State (Icelandic: Þjóðveldið) was the...
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time, Iceland remained independent, a period known as the Old Commonwealth, and Icelandic historians began to document the nation's history in books referred...
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The Libertarian Society of Iceland (Icelandic: Frjálshyggjufélagið) was founded in Reykjavík, Iceland, on August 10, 2002. As the name suggests it is established...
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Republic (section Icelandic Commonwealth)
most states, the Icelandic Commonwealth had no official leader. In the early 13th century, the Age of the Sturlungs, the Commonwealth began to suffer from...
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Alþingi (Althingi), the assembly of the Icelandic Commonwealth, was founded at Þingvellir (Thingvellir). Iceland is thus the third-to-last major land mass...
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Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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Gothi (category Articles containing Icelandic-language text)
guþi) was a position of political and social prominence in the Icelandic Commonwealth. The term originally had a religious significance, referring to...
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Gray Goose Laws (category Articles containing Icelandic-language text)
The Gray (Grey) Goose Laws (Icelandic: Grágás [ˈkrauːˌkauːs]) are a collection of laws from the Icelandic Commonwealth period. The term Grágás was originally...
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Althing (redirect from Icelandic National Assembly)
independent national existence in Iceland. To begin with, the Althing was a general assembly of the Icelandic Commonwealth, where the country's most powerful...
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