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Appendix A: Administrative, Judicial and Fiscal Subdivisions
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Icelandic laws
The Laws of Iceland during the Free State period:
Grg. Grágás. Jó. Jónsbók (1281). Js. Járnsíða.
| Icelandic laws |
|---|
| Island, land |
| fjórðungr |
| herað |
| hreppr |
Sýsla: Following Icelandic submission to Norway in 1262/4, Norwegian authorities sent sheriffs (sýslumenn) to govern regions of Iceland. Their jurisdiction was called a sýsla. During the Middle Ages a sýsla had no fixed geographic boundaries, and their number and size changed over time.
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Figure 5. Map of division into fjórðungr drawn for this publication by Johnny G. G. Jakobsen.
