The Icelandic Commonwealth,[a] also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing (Icelandic: Alþingi) in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king with the Old Covenant in 1262. With the probable exception of hermitic Irish monks known as Papar, Iceland was an uninhabited island until around 874.
The Icelandic Commonwealth had a unique political system whereby chieftains (goðar) established a common legal code and settled judicial disputes at the Althing, a national assembly.[1] However, there was no executive body in Iceland that enforced the legal code.[1] The Icelandic Commonwealth has consequently been characterized as a stateless society.[2][3] During the 13th century, Iceland came under the control of the Kingdom of Norway.[1]
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