Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla
  Preface

 expand sectionIntroduction
 expand section1  The Author
 expand section2  The Conflicts
 collapse section3  The Society
 •Introduction
 expand sectionThe Factions in the Conflicts: Family Clans or Ad Hoc Groups?
 •Society as a Whole: Conflict or Harmony?
 expand sectionThe Hierarchy of Society
 •An Aristocratic Society?
 •The Social Order
 expand section4  Morality and Human Character
 expand section5  The Historian
 expand section6  The Context
  Conclusion

  Appendix 1  The Rulers of Heimskringla
  Appendix 2  Summary of Events in St. Óláfr's Reign [1015-1028]
  Old Norse Pronunciation
  Abbreviations
 expand sectionNotes
  Bibliography
 expand sectionIndex
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