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Summary
"There is no Chieftain like Snorri"
Wealth and honour in Snorri Sturluson's strugglefor power
This artide uses Pierre Bourdieu's theory of quadruple capital to determine
the value of honour in the struggle for power and influence in the
Icelandic Commonwealth. It takes the form of a case study of the political
career of Snorri Sturluson (1178/1179-1241), the famous medieval
historiographer and among Iceland's most powerful 13th-century chieftains.
Its conclusion is that Snorri's case does not support the traditionally held
theory of wealth as the main source of power in the Old Icelandic
Commonwealth. Instead, it offers an interpretation of Snorri's case pladng
honour and competition in the foreground of the power struggle.