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Pole-weapons in the Sagas of Icelanders: a comparison of literary and archaeological sources [PDF]
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2016 The Icelandic sagas are a major source of information on the Vikings and their fighting prowess. In these stories, several mysterious pole-weapons appear, which are often called “halberds”, for lack of a better word.
Orkisz Jan H.
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Perception of the Sagas Of Icelanders in Modern Icelandic Crime Novels [PDF]
Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2019 Olga A.Markelova (Moscow, Russian Federation) In modern Icelandic society the Old Icelandic literature is an important national topos, and using it as the material for crime stories is a well-chosen form for making this „great literary heritage“ closer
Ольга Александровна Маркелова
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The Fashions of Snæfellsness: A case study of clothing and textiles in four sagas of Icelanders [PDF]
, 2021 The sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) are an important part of European literary history. Both the sagas’ historical background and their literary techniques were studied intensely in the last century, but dress and fashion in Old Norse–Icelandic ...
Sepp, Kait
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The Constitutive Science of Benedictine Literacy: The Archive of Þingeyrar Abbey in Iceland
Religions, 2023 The monastic archives of Iceland have rarely been made the subject of specific studies. This article is intended to survey the history of one such archive, belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Þingeyrar in Northern Iceland, which was founded 1133 and ...
Gottskálk Jensson
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Honneur et individualité : dynamiques identitaires dans les sagas des Islandais [PDF]
, 2021 Cette étude aspire à inscrire davantage l’Islande du XIIIe siècle dans le débat historiographique de l’individu au Moyen Âge, dont les travaux sont plutôt centrés autour de l’Europe continentale occidentale.
Denis-Blais, Maxence
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Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2019 Scholars have traditionally viewed the post-classical sagas and ˂i˃þættir˂/i˃ of Icelanders, written between the second half of the 13th century and the early 15th century, as inferior to the classical sagas and ˂i˃þættir˂/i˃ in terms of narrative form ...
Lucie Korecká
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The perception of Old Norse literature in modern Icelandic children’s literature [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2018 In Icelandic children’s literature of the years 2000−2010, the texts that make use of the subjects of Old Norse literature are not very common, but their importance is undeniable.
Markelova Olga
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A SELECTION OF SKALDIC POEMS [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2016 Rendering skaldic poetry into another language is a challenge for translators. The main feature of this poetic system is its highly intricate form governed by rigid rules.
Elena A. Gurevich
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Network analysis of the Íslendinga sögur – the Sagas of Icelanders [PDF]
, 2013 The Íslendinga sögur – or Sagas of Icelanders – constitute a collection of medieval literature set in Iceland around the late 9th to early 11th centuries, the so-called Saga Age.
Mac Carron, Padraig +6 more
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Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2022 Francuzi byli jedną z pierwszych europejskich nacji ‒ obok Brytyjczyków, Niemców i Holendrów ‒ które zaciekawiły się Islandią.
Radosław Jakubczyk
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