Sagas, Saints and Settlements.
Williams, Gareth.
Sagas, Saints and Settlements. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (167 pages) - The Northern World Series ; v.11 . - The Northern World Series .
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- The World and its Ages: The organisation of an 'encyclopaedic' narrative in MS AM 764 4to -- The Question of Genre in the late Íslendinga sögur: a Case Study of þorskfirðinga saga -- Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, Pilgrim and Martyr -- Two Twelfth-Century Martyrs: St Thomas of Canterbury and St Magnús of Orkney -- Land Assessment and the Silver Economy of Norse Scotland -- Earldom Strategies in North Scotland -- Scandinavians in Central Scotland& -- #8212 -- Bý-place-names and their Context -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
This volume contains seven papers relating to Norse history and literature. Two cover issues of saga genre, two explore the relationship between sagas and medieval hagiography, and three consider aspects of the Norse settlement in Scotland from an interdisciplinary perspective. With contributions by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Phil Cardew, Haki Antonsson, Gareth Williams, Barbara Crawford and Simon Taylor.
9781280915031
Sagas-History and criticism-Congresses.
Scandinavia-Civilization-Congresses.
Electronic books.
PT7181 .S25 2004
839.6/309
Sagas, Saints and Settlements. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (167 pages) - The Northern World Series ; v.11 . - The Northern World Series .
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- The World and its Ages: The organisation of an 'encyclopaedic' narrative in MS AM 764 4to -- The Question of Genre in the late Íslendinga sögur: a Case Study of þorskfirðinga saga -- Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, Pilgrim and Martyr -- Two Twelfth-Century Martyrs: St Thomas of Canterbury and St Magnús of Orkney -- Land Assessment and the Silver Economy of Norse Scotland -- Earldom Strategies in North Scotland -- Scandinavians in Central Scotland& -- #8212 -- Bý-place-names and their Context -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
This volume contains seven papers relating to Norse history and literature. Two cover issues of saga genre, two explore the relationship between sagas and medieval hagiography, and three consider aspects of the Norse settlement in Scotland from an interdisciplinary perspective. With contributions by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Phil Cardew, Haki Antonsson, Gareth Williams, Barbara Crawford and Simon Taylor.
9781280915031
Sagas-History and criticism-Congresses.
Scandinavia-Civilization-Congresses.
Electronic books.
PT7181 .S25 2004
839.6/309