Medievalists.net » Snorri Sturluson 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 King in Disguise: An International Popular Tale in Two Old Icelandic Adaptations http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/king-disguise-international-popular-tale-two-old-icelandic-adaptations/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/king-disguise-international-popular-tale-two-old-icelandic-adaptations/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 13:58:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49899 The following essay is intended as a contribution to the current reassessment of the rela- tionship of Old Icelandic saga literature to the European mainstream and of the ways of literary tradition in dealing with oral sources.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/king-disguise-international-popular-tale-two-old-icelandic-adaptations/feed/ 0 Approaches to paganism and uses of the pre-Christian past in Geoffrey of Monmouth and Snorri Sturluson http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/approaches-paganism-uses-pre-christian-past-geoffrey-monmouth-snorri-sturluson/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/approaches-paganism-uses-pre-christian-past-geoffrey-monmouth-snorri-sturluson/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 17:52:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49435 The dissertation is a comparative analysis of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s and Snorri Sturlusson’s descriptions of paganism and uses of pre-Christian history. What was the function of these pre-Christian narratives, and what apporaches were used by the two authors to construct a complete image of the past, acceptable to their contemporary societies?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/approaches-paganism-uses-pre-christian-past-geoffrey-monmouth-snorri-sturluson/feed/ 0 The Colors of the Rainbow in Snorri’s Edda http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/the-colors-of-the-rainbow-in-snorris-edda/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/the-colors-of-the-rainbow-in-snorris-edda/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:04:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47306 In the second part of his Edda, the Gylfaginning, Snorri Sturluson gives a systematic account of Norse mythology from the creation of the world to its end.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/the-colors-of-the-rainbow-in-snorris-edda/feed/ 0 Nancy Marie Brown: The Song of the Vikings, Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/14/nancy-marie-brown-the-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/14/nancy-marie-brown-the-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:10:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44896 Nancy Marie Brown gives a talk about her recent book The Song of Vikings, Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/14/nancy-marie-brown-the-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/feed/ 0 The Danish attacks on London and Southwark in ‘1016’ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/28/the-danish-attacks-on-london-and-southwark-in-1016/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/28/the-danish-attacks-on-london-and-southwark-in-1016/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:38:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38971 This incident has been fatally embroidered by many local historians, taking their cue from various sources, so that the popular accounts have distorted what was already a confusing set of events.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/28/the-danish-attacks-on-london-and-southwark-in-1016/feed/ 0 INTERVIEW: Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:31:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37981 An interview with author Nancy Brown on her latest medieval offering: "Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths".

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