This article charts the role of Finnur Jónsson’s Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ in the development and display of proto-nationalist ideas in eighteenth-century Iceland through the formation of a national identity based on an idealized past. The research presents an analysis of how contemporary ideas about science, freedom and the North came to be projected onto Iceland, a country that found itself in a state of dependency within the Danish realm, in order to constitute its identity within and across the boundaries of that realm. The study outlines the changing environment in which this could happen, the methods used to guarantee its acceptance, and the overwhelming acclaim the work received internationally, anchoring a positive image of Iceland for the next century.

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Finnur Jónsson 的冰岛形象：在不断变化的条件下书写历史

本文描绘了 Finnur Jónsson 的 Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ 在 18 世纪冰岛通过形成基于理想化过去的民族认同而发展和展示原始民族主义思想中的作用。该研究分析了关于科学、自由和北方的当代观念如何被投射到冰岛，一个发现自己在丹麦领土内处于依赖状态的国家，以便在丹麦境内和跨越边界建立自己的身份。那个境界。该研究概述了可能发生这种情况的不断变化的环境、用于保证其被接受的方法以及该作品在国际上获得的压倒性赞誉，为下个世纪的冰岛树立了积极的形象。