Medievalists.net » Orkneyinga saga 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 A Viking Pacifist? The Life of St Magnus in Saga, Novel, and Opera http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/17/a-viking-pacifist-the-life-of-st-magnus-in-saga-novel-and-opera/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/17/a-viking-pacifist-the-life-of-st-magnus-in-saga-novel-and-opera/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 23:50:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56908 Vikings settled in, and ruled, many parts of the British Isles and Ireland, but of these areas only the Norse earldom of Orkney has a whole Icelandic saga devoted to its early history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/17/a-viking-pacifist-the-life-of-st-magnus-in-saga-novel-and-opera/feed/ 0 The Names of Islands in the Old Norse Faereyinga Saga and Orkeyinga Saga http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/18/names-islands-old-norse-faereyinga-saga-orkeyinga-saga/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/18/names-islands-old-norse-faereyinga-saga-orkeyinga-saga/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:14:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54230 The Names of Islands in the Old Norse Faereyinga Saga and Orkeyinga Saga Hilda Radzin (St. John’s University) Literary Onomastics Studies: Volume 5, Article 7 (1978) Abstract In the Old Norse language the word saga denoted any kind of story or history in prose, whether written or oral. Used in this sense, the word saga […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/18/names-islands-old-norse-faereyinga-saga-orkeyinga-saga/feed/ 0 From Asset in War to Asset in Diplomacy: Orkney in the Medieval Realm of Norway http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/asset-war-asset-diplomacy-orkney-medieval-realm-norway/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/asset-war-asset-diplomacy-orkney-medieval-realm-norway/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 10:26:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49411 This paper looks at how Orkney figured in Norwegian royal strategies in the west and presents key examples which show its transition from a tool of war to a forum for peace.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/asset-war-asset-diplomacy-orkney-medieval-realm-norway/feed/ 0 Orkneyinga saga : A Work in Progress? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/orkneyinga-saga-a-work-in-progress/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/orkneyinga-saga-a-work-in-progress/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:14:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46787 The reconstituted text conventionally known as Orkneyinga saga has many points of interest for Old Icelandic literary history, in addition to any intrinsic literary qualities, and its interest as a source for the history and culture of Scandinavian Scotland.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/orkneyinga-saga-a-work-in-progress/feed/ 0 Juxtaposing Cogadh Gáedel re Gallaib with Orkneyinga saga http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/18/juxtaposing-cogadh-gaedel-re-gallaib-with-orkneyinga-saga/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/18/juxtaposing-cogadh-gaedel-re-gallaib-with-orkneyinga-saga/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:24:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35779 My intent in the following paper is to make a case for the usefulness of comparative analysis in a narrower and more specific context, that is, in examining two fascinating but often marginalized medieval works: the Irish Cogadh Gáedel re Gallaib (modern Irish Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh [“The Battle of the Gaels and the Foreigners”]) and the Icelandic/Orcadian Orkneyinga saga (“The Saga of the Orcadians”).

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