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Author: Jon Johannesson Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press ISBN: 0887553311 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 420
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The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.
Author: Jon Johannesson Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press ISBN: 0887553311 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 420
Book Description
The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.
Author: William R. Short Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786447273 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 285
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The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include religion, housing, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and the early history of Iceland. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land, are addressed in the text.
Author: Margaret Clunies Ross Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139492640 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 210
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The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas and sagas of knights - are described and discussed in detail, and the world of medieval Icelanders is powerfully evoked. The first general study of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date scholarship and engages with current debates in the field. With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is aimed at students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages.
Author: Gudbrand Vigfusson Publisher: Kessinger Publishing ISBN: 9781104456016 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 624
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author: Jon Johannesson
Author: Jon Johannesson
Author: Jón Jóhannesson
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Author: Jón Jóhannesson
Author: Jón Jóhannesson
Author: Jón Jóhannesson
Author: William R. Short
Author: Margaret Clunies Ross
Author: Jesse L. Byock
Author: Gudbrand Vigfusson