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ISBN
9781138878396
Published
2015-07-31
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
272 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
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Engelsk
Format
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Heftet
Number of pages
188
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Traditional scholarship on the kings' sagas has tended to focus on the textual histories and interrelationships between the various twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scandinavian manuscripts. Thus previous scholars have striven to ascertain chronology, dating, and potential literary borrowings between the various native medieval manuscripts without considering the possibility of foreign textual influences on native literary traditions. Non-Native Sources for the Scandinavian Kings' Sagasprompts scholars to look beyond the borders of medieval Scandinavia in the attempt to account for seemingly inexplicable literary motifs and historical accounts.
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List of Abbreviations, Series Editor’s Foreword, Introduction, Chapter One: Background to The Kings’ Sagas, Chapter Two: Ari and the Synoptic Historians’ Use of Foreign Sources, Chapter Three: Foreign Sources in the Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason, Chapter Four: Óláfs Saga and the Hagiographic Tradition, Chapter Five: The Period of the Great Compilations Morkinskinna, Fagrskinna, and Heimskringla, Chapter Six: Conclusions, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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Product details
ISBN
9781138878396
Published
2015-07-31
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
272 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
188
Author