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Author : Gwyn Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Legendary History of Olaf Tryggvason written by Gwyn Jones and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oddr Snorrason
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501717901
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason written by Oddr Snorrason and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oddr Snorrason, a Benedictine monk in northern Iceland in the late twelfth century, composed a landmark Latin biography of the legendary Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason (died 1000 C.E.). This biography was soon translated into Icelandic, and the translation (though not the Latin original) is preserved in two somewhat differing versions and a small fragment of a third. The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason is the first English translation of this text, augmented by an introduction and notes to guide the reader. There is a strong possibility that Oddr's biography was the first full-length saga of the Icelandic Middle Ages. It ushered in a century of saga writing that assured Iceland a unique place in medieval literature and in the history of prose writing. Aside from being a harbinger of the saga tradition, and indeed of the modern novel, The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason has its own literary merits, including an epic description of the great Battle of Svoldr, in which King Olaf succumbed. In significant ways the narrative of this battle anticipates the mature style of the classical sagas in the thirteenth century.
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311155953X
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Folklore and traditional history written by Richard M. Dorson and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Folklore and traditional history".
Author : Theodore Murdock Andersson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801444081
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280) written by Theodore Murdock Andersson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andersson introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of politics and history.
Author : Frank Northen Magill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1579580416
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (795 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of World Biography written by Frank Northen Magill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Author : EDWARD. ELGAR
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033667811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (678 download)
Download or read book SCENES FROM THE SAGA OF KING OLAF written by EDWARD. ELGAR and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gwyn Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192801340
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book A History of the Vikings written by Gwyn Jones and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the ancient Scandinavian peoples.
Author : Martin Syrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scandinavian History in the Viking Age written by Martin Syrett and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Schumacher
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9781034440031
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Forged By Iron: Large Print Edition written by Eric Schumacher and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Hakon's Saga comes the first in a series of stories about Olaf Tryggvason, one of the most legendary kings of the Viking Age. Norway, AD 958. The Northern realm is once again at war. The exiled sons of Erik Bloodaxe have returned with the help of the Danes and have slain King Hakon. They now come for Hakon's heir, Jarl Trygvi. Trygvi's wife, Astrid, and young son, Olaf, flee their home with the aid of their household warriors. Pursued by the Bloodaxe brood, the family escapes east, through the dark, forested land of the Swedes and across the treacherous East Sea. But the gods are fickle and the group is torn apart, leaving them to fend for themselves in Forged by Iron, a must-read for all who enjoy action-packed historical fiction. This is the large print edition of Forged By Iron, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Author : Inger Ekrem
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 9788772898131
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Historia Norwegie written by Inger Ekrem and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written during the second half of the 12th century, the Historia Norwegie presents a lively and Christianised account of Norwegian history, particularly of the 10th century.
Author : Phillip Pulsiano
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780824047870
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Medieval Scandinavia written by Phillip Pulsiano and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1993 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With full-page maps and supplementary photos, this encyclopedia covers every aspect of Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, including rulers and saints, overviews of the countries, religion, education, politics and law, culture and material life, history, literature, and art.
Author : Tom Shippey
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780239505
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Laughing Shall I Die written by Tom Shippey and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.
Author : Frank N. Magill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136593136
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book The Middle Ages written by Frank N. Magill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Author : Henry Smith Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Historians' History of the World: Scandinavia. Switzerland to 1715 written by Henry Smith Williams and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141966807
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Seven Viking Romances written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances - as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.
Author : Tracey Warr
Publisher : Meanda Books
ISBN 13 : 1739270029
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (392 download)
Download or read book The Viking Hostage written by Tracey Warr and published by Meanda Books. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viking Raids at the End of Time. 972. Tallinn. Sigrid, a Norwegian girl, is sold in the slave market and separated from her brothers. As a slave in the French Limousin, she stubbornly clings to her pagan identity. Audebert is imprisoned in a grim dungeon for his brother’s crime. If Audebert is ever released, he has a life to lead, a great destiny to fulfil. Guy will soon be viscount of Limoges but fears exposure of his near-blindness and challenge to his authority. Adalmode and Aina are great heiresses attempting to resist the unwelcome pressures of the marriage market. Their stories tangle with questions of nobility, freedom, friendship and courage in the highly stratified and often brutal society of early medieval Europe. Amid Viking raids, fears of The End of Time and turbulent power struggles, The Viking Hostage tells these interweaving stories in late 10th century France and Wales. ‘Three instantly likeable women fight the system from within.’ The Book Bag
Author : Ann L.W. Stodder
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813042747
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Bioarchaeology of Individuals written by Ann L.W. Stodder and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2012-04-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bronze Age Thailand to Viking Iceland, from an Egyptian oasis to a family farm in Canada, The Bioarchaeology of Individuals invites readers to unearth the daily lives of people throughout history. Covering a span of more than four thousand years of human history and focusing on individuals who lived between 3200 BC and the nineteenth century, the essays in this book examine the lives of nomads, warriors, artisans, farmers, and healers. The contributors employ a wide range of tools, including traditional macroscopic skeletal analysis, bone chemistry, ancient DNA, grave contexts, and local legends, sagas, and other historical information. The collection as a whole presents a series of osteobiographies--profiles of the lives of specific individuals whose remains were excavated from archaeological sites. The result offers a more "personal" approach to mortuary archaeology; this is a book about people--not just bones.
