Kings' Sagas and Norwegian History : Problems and Perspectives
Kings and rulers in literature Literature and history Old Norse literature Sagas Norway History Literature HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia Kings and rulers Criticism, interpretation, etc Sources sähkökirjat
BRILL
2011
EISBN 9789004210479
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Skaldic Verse and Saga Prose: Transmission and Reliability; Chapter Three Non-Native Sources and Influence; Chapter Four The Uses of the Past; Chronology; Bibliography; Concordance of Cited Passages from the 1932 and 2011 Editions of Morkinskinna; Index of Modern Scholars Cited; General Index.
Surveying the past two decades of scholarship on the medieval historiography of Norway, this book provides a critical appraisal of the principal issues involved in the study of the primary sources and the key areas of scholarship and future research.
Surveying the past two decades of scholarship on the medieval historiography of Norway, this book provides a critical appraisal of the principal issues involved in the study of the primary sources and the key areas of scholarship and future research.
