Early Modern Europe

Iceland Dissolved Its Parliament to Survive on Cod

A desperate island nation traded its independence for cod quotas in 1662, creating Europe's most reluctant empire.

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17th CenturyScandinaviaColonialismParliamentary GovernmentEconomic DependencyCultural SuppressionFishing IndustrySelf GovernanceNational Identity

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