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Beyond Medieval Europe Ser.: Eastern Europe in Icelandic Sagas by Tatjana N. Jackson (2019, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherARC Humanities Press
ISBN-101641890266
ISBN-139781641890267
eBay Product ID (ePID)240071859
Product Key Features
Number of Pages228 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEastern Europe in Icelandic Sagas
Publication Year2019
SubjectEurope / Scandinavia, Folklore & Mythology, World, Europe / Medieval
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorTatjana N. Jackson
SeriesBeyond Medieval Europe Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17.1 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsThe Quellenwertof the Icelandic sagas has long aroused controversy among scholars, especially between historians and those specializing in philology or literature.[...] Fortunately for historians, Tatjana Jackson [...] endorses the more balanced position of T. M. Andersson, Gisli Sigurðsson and others concerning the interplay between the spoken and the written word, whereby writers of sagas drew upon both components. And she approaches the Old Norse Kings' Sagas in light of Aron Gurevich's dictum: it is "not a question of whether to use the sagas ..., but of how."
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Sources, Aims, Conventions Part 1: Eastern Europe in the Old Norse Weltbild Chapter 1: Austrhálfa on the "mental map" of medieval Scandinavians Chapter 2: Austrvegr and Other aust-place-names Chapter 3: Austmarr, "the Eastern Sea", the Baltic Sea Chapter 4: Traversing Eastern Europe Chapter 5: East European rivers Chapter 6: Garðar/Garðaríki as a designation of Old Rus' Chapter 7: Hólmgarðr (Novgorod), and Kænugarðr (Kiev) Chapter 8: Aldeigja/Aldeigjuborg, "Old Ladoga" Chapter 9: "Hfuð garðar" in Hauksbók, and Some Other Old Russian Towns Chapter 10: Bjarmaland Part 2: Four Norwegian kings in Old Rus' Chapter 1: Óláfr Tryggvason Chapter 2: Óláfr Haraldsson Chapter 3: Magnús Óláfsson Chapter 4: Haraldr Sigurðarson Bibliography Index
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisBased on the material of the Old Norse Icelandic sources written down in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, this book demonstrates how medieval Scandinavians imagined Eastern Europe. It reconstructs the system of medieval Scandinavian perception of space in general, and the eastern part of the oecumene in particular. It also examines the unique information of these sources, of which the Russian chronicles were unaware: namely, the saga and skaldic poetry data concerning the visits of the four Norwegian kings to Old Rus in the late-tenth and mid-eleventh centuries., Uniquely combining Old Norse sources and Russian evidence, this book demonstrates what a large part Eastern Europe played in the lives and imagination of medieval Scandinavians.
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