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At historical sites. By Helgi Þorláksson.
What is so remarkable about historical sites? Here we discuss six of them, all famous and undisputed: Bessastaði in Álftanes, Hóla in Hjaltadalur, Oddi in Rangárvöllur, Reykholt in Borgarfjörður, and Skálholt and Þingvellir in Árnessýsla. The history of the sites is traced and an attempt is made to investigate what their role is based on.
Our ideas about the six historical sites were shaped by nationalist romanticism in the 19th and 20th centuries, an admiration for a golden age that could become a golden age of glory. Nationalism was then accompanied by an aversion to foreign power and foreign influence in various forms. Although almost 80 years have passed since the republic was founded, attitudes towards people, places and issues that emerged during the struggle for independence still persist, in which the domestic and national are considered desirable and most foreign and international undesirable. It is truly time for a thorough reassessment.
It is expected that many people's attitudes will change after reading the book, as general cultural history will be given more weight than distorted political history.
What is so remarkable about historical sites? Here we discuss six of them, all famous and undisputed: Bessastaði in Álftanes, Hóla in Hjaltadalur, Oddi in Rangárvöllur, Reykholt in Borgarfjörður, and Skálholt and Þingvellir in Árnessýsla. The history of the sites is traced and an attempt is made to investigate what their role is based on.
Our ideas about the six historical sites were shaped by nationalist romanticism in the 19th and 20th centuries, an admiration for a golden age that could become a golden age of glory. Nationalism was then accompanied by an aversion to foreign power and foreign influence in various forms. Although almost 80 years have passed since the republic was founded, attitudes towards people, places and issues that emerged during the struggle for independence still persist, in which the domestic and national are considered desirable and most foreign and international undesirable. It is truly time for a thorough reassessment.
It is expected that many people's attitudes will change after reading the book, as general cultural history will be given more weight than distorted political history.