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From sagas to society: comparative approaches to early Iceland Pálsson, Gísli [Hrsg.]. |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Autoren suchen: Pálsson, Gísli |
Inhalt
Preface |
Introduction. Text, life and sage |
Some methodological considerations in connection with the study of the sagas |
History and the sagas: the effect of nationalism |
From sagas to society: the case of Heimskringla |
From saga to personality: Sverris saga |
Emotions and the sagas |
Humor as a guide to social change: Bandamanna saga and heroic values |
Thorgunna's testament: a myth for moral contemplation and social apathy |
Inheritance, ideology, and literature: Hervarar saga ok Heidreks |
Laughter in Brennu-Njals saga |
Godar: democrats or despots? |
The medieval Icelandic outlaw: life-style, saga, and legend |
Friendship in the Icelandic Commonwealth |
Spinning goods and tales: market, subsistence and literary productions |
Social ideals and the concept of profit in thirteenth-century Iceland |
From libel to lament: male manifestations of love in Old Norse |
The theft of blood, the birth of men: cultural constructions of gender in medieval Iceland |
Servitude and sexuality in medieval Iceland |