Gisli Sursson S Saga And The Saga Of The People Of Eyri
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Gisli Sursson S Saga And The Saga Of The People Of Eyri
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2003-09-25
Gisli Sursson S Saga And The Saga Of The People Of Eyri written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-25 with Fiction categories.
These sagas recount fierce feuds in which honour is fought for, sacrifice is demanded, and blood is shed. The fate of the characters at the centre of each saga, however, is very different. Gisli is a traditional Viking-age hero who is determined to exact revenge at any cost and whose death is tragic when it comes. In contrast his nephew, Snorri, represents a new generation and acts to strengthen the new social order. Taken together these sagas reveal the richness and variety of the saga tradition.
The Final Battle Of Gisli Sursson A Picture Book Lokabardagi Gisla Surssonar Myndasaga
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Author : William R. Short
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2015-03-17
The Final Battle Of Gisli Sursson A Picture Book Lokabardagi Gisla Surssonar Myndasaga written by William R. Short and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-17 with Fiction categories.
Gisla saga tells the Viking-age story of Gisli Sursson, a valiant man whose luck sometimes deserted him, and so ultimately, he was declared an outlaw. In his final battle, Gisli faced Eyjolf and fourteen armed men. He fought them to his death, killing many of them and wounding all of them before he was overcome. This book tells the story of that battle in brilliant photographs, with text from the saga in both English translation and in the original Icelandic. The photos were taken where the battle took occurred, standing in the footsteps of the people who fought and died there over 1000 years ago."
The Penguin Classics Book
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Author : Henry Eliot
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-02-21
The Penguin Classics Book written by Henry Eliot and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year** The Penguin Classics Book is a reader's companion to the largest library of classic literature in the world. Spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, with Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics and much more in between, it encompasses 500 authors and 1,200 books, bringing these to life with lively descriptions, literary connections and beautiful cover designs.
Nordic Elites In Transformation C 1050 1250 Volume Iii
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Author : Wojtek Jezierski
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-10-06
Nordic Elites In Transformation C 1050 1250 Volume Iii written by Wojtek Jezierski and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with History categories.
This book explores the practical and symbolic resources of legitimacy which the elites of medieval Scandinavia employed to establish, justify, and reproduce their social and political standing between the end of the Viking Age and the rise of kingdoms in the thirteenth century. Geographically the chapters cover the Scandinavian realms and Free State Iceland. Thematically the authors cover a wide palette of cultural practices and historical sources: hagiography, historiography, spaces and palaces, literature, and international connections, which rulers, magnates or ecclesiastics used to compete for status and to reserve haloing glory for themselves. The volume is divided in three sections. The first looks at the sacral, legal, and acclamatory means through which privilege was conferred onto kings and ruling families. Section Two explores the spaces such as aristocratic halls, palaces, churches in which the social elevation of elites took place. Section Three explores the traditional and novel means of domestic distinction and international cultural capital which different orders of elites – knights, powerful clerics, ruling families etc. – wrought to assure their dominance and set themselves apart vis-à-vis their peers and subjects. A concluding chapter discusses how the use of symbolic capital in the North compared to wider European contexts.
The Saga Of Grettir The Strong
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2005-05-26
The Saga Of Grettir The Strong written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-26 with Fiction categories.
Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, trolls and berserks. A mesmerising combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, this is a profoundly moving conclusion to the Golden Age of the saga writing.
The Wanderer
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-11-07
The Wanderer written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with Fiction categories.
Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Wanderer tells the classic tales that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 'So the company of men led a careless life, All was well with them: until One began To encompass evil, an enemy from hell. Grendel they called this cruel spirit...' J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales. Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction.They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.
Valkyrie
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Author : Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-04-02
Valkyrie written by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-02 with History categories.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities, for better or worse. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Valkyrie introduces readers to the dramatic and fascinating texts recorded in medieval Iceland, a culture able to imagine women in all kinds of roles carrying power, not just in this world, but pulling the strings in the other-world, too. In the process, this fascinating book uncovers the reality behind the myths and legends to reveal the dynamic, diverse lives of Viking women.
Seasons In The Literatures Of The Medieval North
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Author : P. S. Langeslag
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2015
Seasons In The Literatures Of The Medieval North written by P. S. Langeslag and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Literary Criticism categories.
A fresh examination of how the seasons are depicted in medieval literature.
Comic Sagas And Tales From Iceland
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-03-07
Comic Sagas And Tales From Iceland written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-07 with Fiction categories.
Comic Sagas and Tales brings together the very finest Icelandic stories from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, a time of civil unrest and social upheaval. With feuding families and moments of grotesque violence, the sagas see such classic mythological figures as murdered fathers, disguised beggars, corrupt chieftains and avenging sons do battle with axes, words and cunning. The tales, meanwhile, follow heroes and comical fools through dreams, voyages and religious conversions in medieval Iceland and beyond. Shaped by Iceland's oral culture and their conversion to Christianity, these stories are works of ironic humour and stylistic innovation.
The Weather In The Icelandic Sagas
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Author : Bernadine McCreesh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-01-15
The Weather In The Icelandic Sagas written by Bernadine McCreesh and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
The descriptions of the weather in medieval Icelandic sagas have long been considered unimportant, mere adjuncts to the action. This is not true: the way the weather is depicted can give us an insight into the minds of medieval Icelanders. The first part of this book illustrates how the Christian world-view of authors of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries influenced their descriptions of meteorological conditions in earlier times. The second part is more literary in approach. It points out the formulaic nature of descriptions of storms, and shows how references to the weather help to structure the narrative in some sagas. It also demonstrates how medieval Icelandic attitudes to the weather affect the portrayal of the hero.