Sagas, Saints and Settlements (Northern World)
Sagas, Saints and Settlements (Northern World)
Gareth Williams, P. Bibire
Subjects: World history, World history: c 500 to C 1500, Sagas, European - German, History, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Medieval, Literary Criticism, Interior Design - General, Congresses, Scandinavia, Civilization, History and criticism
Description
Description
This volume includes selected papers from an interdisciplinary symposium in Norse Studies held at the University of St Andrews. The symposium brought together scholars with a shared interest in medieval Scandinavian history and culture, especially the sagas, from a variety of disciplines, and this diversity is reflected in the papers published here.
Topics covered include saga genre, with particular focus on encyclopaedic manuscripts and the late Íslendinga sögur respectively, the relationship between saga literature and hagiography, with papers on Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar and on the textual traditions surrounding St Magnús of Orkney and St Thomas of Canterbury, and various aspects of the Norse settlement in Scotland.
The volume shows the variety of approaches which can be taken to the sagas as texts, especially when combined with other historical and literary material.
Topics covered include saga genre, with particular focus on encyclopaedic manuscripts and the late Íslendinga sögur respectively, the relationship between saga literature and hagiography, with papers on Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar and on the textual traditions surrounding St Magnús of Orkney and St Thomas of Canterbury, and various aspects of the Norse settlement in Scotland.
The volume shows the variety of approaches which can be taken to the sagas as texts, especially when combined with other historical and literary material.
Details
Details
Publisher/Supplier: Brill
Date Published: 2004-03-19
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9004138072
Language: en
Pages: 158
Length: 9.6 inches,width: 0.64 inches,height: 6.5 inches
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