The Saga of the Jómsvikings : A Translation for Students /
Finlay, Alison
The Saga of the Jómsvikings : A Translation for Students / Alison Finlay, Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir. - 1 online resource (124 p.) - The Northern Medieval World : On the Margins of Europe .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Saga of the Jómsvikings -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons and Places
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Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jómsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress of the Baltic coast and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781580443135 9781501514463 9781501514678
10.1515/9781501514678 doi
Sagas--Translations into English.
Geschichte.
Isländersagas.
Skandinavien.
Wikinger.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian.
Icelandic sagas. Scandinavian history. Vikings.
The Saga of the Jómsvikings : A Translation for Students / Alison Finlay, Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir. - 1 online resource (124 p.) - The Northern Medieval World : On the Margins of Europe .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Saga of the Jómsvikings -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons and Places
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jómsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress of the Baltic coast and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781580443135 9781501514463 9781501514678
10.1515/9781501514678 doi
Sagas--Translations into English.
Geschichte.
Isländersagas.
Skandinavien.
Wikinger.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian.
Icelandic sagas. Scandinavian history. Vikings.