Description
The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include religion, housing, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and the early history of Iceland. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land, are addressed in the text.
Author: William R. Short
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 283
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.78h x 6.29w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780786447275
ISBN10: 0786447273
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Nordic Countries
- History | Europe | Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
About the Author
William R. Short is an independent scholar living in Southborough, Massachusetts. He regularly demonstrates and lectures on Viking-age topics in universities, museums, and other cultural institutions in North America and Iceland.