Publication news! Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland: From Farm-settlement to Saga
Posted on 4 October 2022
Harriet Evans Tang, CMS alumni and research associate, has just published a new book from Boydell & Brewer on Animal-Human Relationships in Iceland.
Domestic animals played a range of roles in the imaginative world of medieval Icelanders: from partners in settlement and household allies, to violent offenders, foster-kin and surrogate wives, they were vital and effective members of the multispecies communities established from the ninth century onwards. This book examines the domestic animals of early Iceland in their physical and textual contexts, through detailed analysis of the spaces and places of the Icelandic farm and farming landscape, and the textual sources of these communities.
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