Medievalists.net » Anglo-Norse http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Inner Exiles: Outlaws and Scapegoating Process in Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar and Gísla saga Súrssonar http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/21/the-inner-exiles-outlaws-and-scapegoating-process-in-grettis-saga-asmundarsonar-and-gisla-saga-surssonar/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/21/the-inner-exiles-outlaws-and-scapegoating-process-in-grettis-saga-asmundarsonar-and-gisla-saga-surssonar/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:13:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46875 Was Icelandic outlawry exceptional? The legal and historical aspect of Icelandic outlawry has been widely studied and commented by scholars (Spoelstra, 1938), either by following indications from the Grágás or through the use of literary examples spread in the sagas.

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