E-Book, Englisch, 124 Seiten
Reihe: The Northern Medieval World
Finlay / Jóhannesdóttir The Saga of the Jómsvikings
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5015-1467-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A Translation for Students
E-Book, Englisch, 124 Seiten
Reihe: The Northern Medieval World
ISBN: 978-1-5015-1467-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress of the Baltic coast and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work.
Alison Finlay, University of London, Großbritannien; Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Island.
