þingræðissamfélaga
þingræðissamfélaga, or "assembly-based societies," refer to historical governance systems where collective decision-making was central to social and political organization. These societies were prevalent in various forms across medieval Europe, particularly in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and parts of Scandinavia, where the *þing* (assembly) served as the primary institution for lawmaking, dispute resolution, and communal governance.
The foundation of þingræðissamfélaga was the *þing*, an open gathering where free men (and occasionally women)
Key features of þingræðissamfélaga included the absence of centralized authority, with power distributed among the assembled
While þingræðissamfélaga declined with the rise of feudalism and centralized monarchies in the late Middle Ages,