Volcanic Vulnerability in Medieval Iceland

This is the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) of the book chapter “Volcanic Vulnerability in Medieval Iceland”, published in: Dominik Collet, Ingar Mørkestøl Gundersen, Heli Huhtamaa, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Astrid E. J. Ogilvie and Sam White (eds), Nordic Climate Histories: Impacts, Pathways, Narratives (Cambridge: The White Horse Press, 2025), pp. 103–122.The chapter analyses how medieval Icelandic communities experienced and responded to major volcanic eruptions, with particular attention to the Eldgjá eruption in the tenth century. By combining saga narratives, Landnámabók, archaeological evidence and tephrochronology, it explores patterns of vulnerability, migration, adaptation and religious interpretation in the context of large‑scale volcanic events.This research is part of the project No. 2022/47/P/HS3/01044 co‑funded by the National Science Centre (Poland) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska‑Curie grant agreement No. 945339.