Feud in the Icelandic Saga

Type

Book

Authors

Jesse L. Byock

ISBN 10

0520082591

ISBN 13

9780520082595

Tags

Criticism & Theory, Medieval, Scandinavian, Mythology, Folklore & Mythology

Description

Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society—the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict—is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought. - from Amzon

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