The Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle in Iceland
Author: Peter Foote
Publisher:
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13:
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Feud in the Icelandic Saga
Author: Jesse L. Byock
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-04-28
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0520341015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society—the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict—is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983. Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society—the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict—is reflected in the narrative of the fami
The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose
Author: Kirsten Wolf
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 1442646217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose, Kirsten Wolf has undertaken a complete revision of the fifty-year-old handlistThe Lives of the Saints in Old Norse Prose.
Turpines Story
Author: Stephen H. A. Shepherd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780197223253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique Middle English text, not previously published, of the immensely popular story of Charlemagne's Spanish wars and defeat at Roncevaux, has only recently been discovered. It is one of the earliest prose romances, pre-dating Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D'Artur by more than a decade. This version testifies to a distinctive British tradition of the Charlemagne story. The manuscript's history locates the text in Lancastrian and regional politics of the mid-fifteenth century.
The Medieval Charlemagne Legend
Author: Susan E. Farrier
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-01-26
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1135736618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1993, The Medieval Charlemagne Legend is a selective bibliography for the literary scholar, of historical and literary material relating to Charlemagne. The book provides a chronological listing of sources on the legend and man is split into three distinct sections, covering the history of Charlemagne, the literature of Charlemagne and the medieval biography and chronicle of Charlemagne.
Njal's Saga
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Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Published: 1997-06-12
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781853267857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProclaimed as one of the finest Icelandic sagas, this text was written in about 1280 and refers to events a couple of centuries earlier. It is full of the details of everyday life, as well as the social structures of the society in which they take place.
Old Norse-Icelandic Studies
Author: Hans Bekker-Nielsen
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1967-12-15
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 1442633492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn annotated bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic studies for the years 1981-83, offering a quick guide to recent work.
Njáls Saga
Author: Lars Lönnroth
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1976-01-01
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780520027084
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOld Norse-Icelandic Literature
Author: Carol J. Clover
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2019-06-30
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1501741659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe current revival of interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a corresponding interest in its background: its origins, social and historical context, and relationship to other medieval literatures. Even readers with a knowledge of Old Norse and Icelandic have found these subjects difficult to pursue, however, for up-to-date reference works in any language are few and none exist in English. To fill the gap, six distinguished scholars have contributed ambitious new essays to this volume. The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: Eddie and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Taken together, their judicious and attractively written essays-each with a full bibliography-make up the first book-length survey of Old Norse literature in English and a basic reference work that will stimulate research in these areas and help to open up the field to a wider academic readership.
Non-Native Sources for the Scandinavian Kings' Sagas
Author: Paul A. White
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-04-14
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1000938832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditional scholarship on the kings' sagas has tended to focus on the textual histories and interrelationships between the various twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scandinavian manuscripts. Thus previous scholars have striven to ascertain chronology, dating, and potential literary borrowings between the various native medieval manuscripts without considering the possibility of foreign textual influences on native literary traditions. Non-Native Sources for the Scandinavian Kings' Sagas prompts scholars to look beyond the borders of medieval Scandinavia in the attempt to account for seemingly inexplicable literary motifs and historical accounts.
