Medievalists.net » The Sagas of Icelanders http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Place of Greenland In Medieval Icelandic Saga Narrative http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/23/the-place-of-greenland-in-medieval-icelandic-saga-narrative/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/23/the-place-of-greenland-in-medieval-icelandic-saga-narrative/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:44:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38866 This paper explores the accounts of Norse Greenland in the medieval Icelandic sagas, looking past the Vínland sagas to examine ways in which Greenlandic settings are employed in the 'post-classical' saga-tradition and other texts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/23/the-place-of-greenland-in-medieval-icelandic-saga-narrative/feed/ 0 TROUBLESOME CHILDREN IN THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/troublesome-children-in-the-sagas-of-icelanders/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/troublesome-children-in-the-sagas-of-icelanders/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:37:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38387 It must be stressed that the concept of childhood is certainly not an easy one. One is tempted to ask whether any generalisations about medieval or modern attitudes to childhood might not pose problems.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/troublesome-children-in-the-sagas-of-icelanders/feed/ 0 The Sagas of Icelanders as a Historical Source http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/the-sagas-of-icelanders-as-a-historical-source/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/the-sagas-of-icelanders-as-a-historical-source/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:52:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28758 In the main, the stories are set in Iceland in the 9th through 11th century. This is the period in which Iceland was settled, primarily by Norwegians, and the time in which the Icelanders set up their commonwealth form of government.

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