A Viking in Shining Armour?: Vikings and chivalry in the fornaldarsögur
A Viking in Shining Armour?: Vikings and chivalry in the fornaldarsögur By Carolyne Larrington Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, Vol. 4 (2008) Introduction: When…
Medieval scholar to take one-year trip to explore Iceland’s sagas
A Cambridge scholar is starting a one-year journey across Iceland, to examine the history and significance of Icelandic sagas. Dr Emily Lethbridge, who…
Native American came to Iceland over a thousand years ago, research finds
New genetic research has uncovered evidence that suggests a Native North American woman came to Iceland in the year 1000, most probably as…
The position of freed slaves in medieval Iceland
The position of freed slaves in medieval Iceland By Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson Saga Book, Vol.22 (1986) Introduction: Freed slaves are mentioned in various…
Journey to the Antipodes. Cosmological and Mythological Themes in Alexanders Saga
Journey to the Antipodes. Cosmological and Mythological Themes in Alexanders Saga By David Ashurst Paper given at the 11th International Saga Conference (2000)…
Law and the (Un)dead: medieval models for understanding the hauntings in Eyrbyggja saga
Eyrbyggja saga alone, then, presents modern readers with at least three possible conceptions of the revenants nature.
A Layered Landscape: How the Family Sagas Mapped Medieval Iceland
In this paper I discuss three ways in which the family sagas inscribed cognitive maps over Iceland: firstly, sagas explain how places received their names through the people who lived and acted there; secondly, saga narratives traversing the named landscape act to imprint it further with human meaning; and finally, Íslendingasögur refer us to physical evidence of saga action in the landscape, asserting it can ‘still be seen today’.
Mírmanns saga: The First Old Norse-Icelandic Hagiographical Romance?
Mírmanns saga: The First Old Norse-Icelandic Hagiographical Romance? By Sverrir Tómasson Romance and Love in Late Medieval and Early Modern Iceland Essays in Honor…
Mosfell Archaeological Project: A Viking Landscape
The Mosfell Archaeological Project is an interdisciplinary research project employing the tools of history, archaeology, anthropology, forensics, environmental sciences, and saga studies. The…
Enduring Impacts: Social and Environmental Aspects of Viking Age Settlement in Iceland and Greenland
Enduring Impacts: Social and Environmental Aspects of Viking Age Settlement in Iceland and Greenland By Orri Vésteinsson, Thomas H McGovern and Christian Keller…
Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland
Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland Edited by Gavin Lucas Institute of Archaeology (Iceland), 2009 An international group…
Viking Age Economics and the Origins of Commercial Cod Fisheries in the North Atlantic
Viking Age Economics and the Origins of Commercial Cod Fisheries in the North Atlantic By Sophia Perdikaris and Thomas H. McGovern Beyond the…
Bloody Slaughter: Ritual Decapitation and Display At the Viking Settlement of Hofstaðir, Iceland
This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland.
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Gävle:…
Post-settlement history of Icelandic forests
In a book that Ari the Learned (1068-1148) wrote to describe the settlement of the country, he tells that Iceland was covered with wood between the seashore and the mountains.
Fracture and Containment in the Icelandic Skalds’ Sagas
Fracture and Containment in the Icelandic Skalds’ Sagas Sayers, William Medieval Forum, vol. 3 (2003) Abstract Icelandic biographies of tenth- and eleventh-century poets are…
Encountering ”Otherness” in the Heimskringla
Encountering ”Otherness” in the Heimskringla By Sirpa Aalto Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: The Kings’ Sagas (konungasögur) are a genre of Icelandic sagas,…
GRETTISFÆRSLA: THE HANDING ON OF GRETTIR
GRETTISFÆRSLA: THE HANDING ON OF GRETTIR By Kate Heslop VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book Vol. XXX (2006) Abstract The old Icelandic poem Grettisfærsla (‘The…
GOLDEN AGES AND FISHING GROUNDS: THE EMERGENT PAST IN THE ÍSLENDINGASÖGUR
GOLDEN AGES AND FISHING GROUNDS: THE EMERGENT PAST IN THE ÍSLENDINGASÖGUR Rankovic´, Slavica VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book p.39, Vol. XXX (2006) Abstract…
The Icelandic Sword In The Stone: Bears In The Sky
The Icelandic Sword In The Stone: Bears In The Sky Malcor, Linda A. The Heroic Age, Issue 11 (May 2008) Abstract This paper…
Introducing Medieval Scandinavia
A four-video series outlining the scope of the medieval Scandinavian world and some of its major cultural, political and literary characteristics.
The Saga of Aron Hjorleifsson
The Saga of Aron Hjorleifsson Translated by John Porter Published by Pirate Press circa 1975 This saga was written around 1340 and deals…
The Skull and Bones in Egils Saga: A Viking, A Grave, and Paget’s Disease
Both a literary creation and a historical figure, Egill is an intriguing character about whom
to raise the long perplexing question of saga veracity
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction and the Reshaping of Icelandic Society c. 1220-1350
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction and the Reshaping of Icelandic Society c. 1220-1350 By Jón Viðar Sigurðsson Communities in European History: Representations, Jurisdictions, Conflicts, edited…