Icelandic Commonwealth [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Icelandic Commonwealth
The Icelandic Commonwealth, Icelandic Free State, or Republic of Iceland ( 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. With the probable exception of Papar, Iceland was an uninhabited island until around 870.
Goðorð system.
The medieval Icelandic state had a unique judicial structure. The first settlers of Iceland were greatly influenced by their Norwegian
confirmed by Thorgeir Thorkelsson's verdictincluding the worship of Norse deities in privatewere abolished in 1016, mainly due to the efforts by King Olaf II of Norway. The grateful monarch sent a bell and timber after this decision in order to promote the erection of a church at Thingvellir.
Middle Ages ("c." 1000–1536).
Middle Ages ("c." 1000–1536) Icelandic Commonwealth ("c." 1000–1264).
The institutional framework of Christianity was developing in the 11th century. Individual landownerseither "goðar" or simple farmersplayed