Saga Period Iceland In the 10th century,Harald Haarfagr unifies Norway under his rule Lots of people who don't like it emigrate to Iceland,recently discovered Set up a legal system based on the Norwegian,with one thing left out ·The king There was a legislature,a court system,but no executive arm of government All offenses were treated as torts,privately prosecuted for a damage payment Verdicts were privately enforced The sagas are histories and historical novels Written more than seven hundred years ago From a population of about fifty thousand at the far edge of the world Ten or more of which are currently in print in English translationSaga Period Iceland • In the 10th century, Harald Haarfagr unifies Norway under his rule • Lots of people who don’t like it emigrate to Iceland, recently discovered • Set up a legal system based on the Norwegian, with one thing left out • The king • There was a legislature, a court system, but no executive arm of government • All offenses were treated as torts, privately prosecuted for a damage payment • Verdicts were privately enforced • The sagas are histories and historical novels • Written more than seven hundred years ago • From a population of about fifty thousand at the far edge of the world • Ten or more of which are currently in print in English translation