This book provides an in-depth study of depictions of England in the Saga of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), examining their utility as sources for the history of Viking Age Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact.
This book provides an in-depth study of depictions of England in the Saga of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), examining their utility as sources for the history of Viking Age Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact.
Matthew Firth is Australian Research Council Fellow (DECRA) and Associate Lecturer in Medieval History at Flinders University, Australia. His research focuses on historical narrative and its transmission across time and place with particular interest in the historiography of tenth- century England. Matthew's first monograph, Early English Queens, 850- 1000: Potestas Regina, was published by Routledge in 2024. He is also the author of over twenty articles and book chapters focused on the development of medieval history writing traditions.
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Introduction: Literature and Memory, History and Historiography Cultural Memory and the Íslendingasögur Íslendingasögur as Sources of History: The Debate Æthelstan, Æthelred and Knútr: A Historical Overview Chapter Overview Part 1 1 Narrative, Verse and Memory The Fear of Forgetting and the Value of Writing Cultural Memory and Medieval memoria Communicative Memory and Skaldic verse Memory and Literature 2 Saga Age England England in the Íslendingasögur England in the skáldasögur: Egils saga England in the skáldasögur: Gunnlaugs saga, Bjarnar saga 3 Iceland and the Writing of the Íslendingasögur The Íslendingasögur Corpus Saga Age Iceland Iceland in the Age of Saga Writing Part 2 4 Memories of Heroism: Bjarnar saga Hítdlakappa Manuscript Contexts Bj¿rn's Travels Reconstructing a Chronology Thematic Intertextuality: Of Kings and Dragons 5 Memories of Rulers: Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu Gunnlaugr's Travels The skáld in Literary Frameworks The skáld as Poet: The Hierarchies of Verse The skáld as Warrior: A Fabricated Narrative 6 Memories of Conflict: Egils saga Skallagrímssonar Egill's Travels The Battle of Brunanburh The Court of Eiríkr blóðøx in York Conclusion Interpretation and Reinterpretation Remembering England Bibliography
Introduction: Literature and Memory, History and Historiography Cultural Memory and the Íslendingasögur Íslendingasögur as Sources of History: The Debate Æthelstan, Æthelred and Knútr: A Historical Overview Chapter Overview Part 1 1 Narrative, Verse and Memory The Fear of Forgetting and the Value of Writing Cultural Memory and Medieval memoria Communicative Memory and Skaldic verse Memory and Literature 2 Saga Age England England in the Íslendingasögur England in the skáldasögur: Egils saga England in the skáldasögur: Gunnlaugs saga, Bjarnar saga 3 Iceland and the Writing of the Íslendingasögur The Íslendingasögur Corpus Saga Age Iceland Iceland in the Age of Saga Writing Part 2 4 Memories of Heroism: Bjarnar saga Hítdlakappa Manuscript Contexts Bj¿rn's Travels Reconstructing a Chronology Thematic Intertextuality: Of Kings and Dragons 5 Memories of Rulers: Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu Gunnlaugr's Travels The skáld in Literary Frameworks The skáld as Poet: The Hierarchies of Verse The skáld as Warrior: A Fabricated Narrative 6 Memories of Conflict: Egils saga Skallagrímssonar Egill's Travels The Battle of Brunanburh The Court of Eiríkr blóðøx in York Conclusion Interpretation and Reinterpretation Remembering England Bibliography
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