Violence and Risk in Medieval Iceland: This Spattered Isle 0198866046, 9780198866046

This Sovereign Isle 9780141995038

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This Sceptred Isle 9781845299941, 9781849019392

What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the mos

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Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power

Gift of Joan Wall. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index. * glr 20090610.

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Saints and Their Legacies in Medieval Iceland 184384611X, 9781843846116

Table of contents : List of Illustrations vii List of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xv Intr

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Saints and Their Legacies in Medieval Iceland 184384611X, 9781843846116

Icelanders venerated numerous saints, both indigenous and from overseas, in the Middle Ages. However, although its liter

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The Development of Education in Medieval Iceland 9781501514180, 9781501518553

Medieval Iceland is known for the fascinating body of literary works it produced, from ornate court poetry to mythologic

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Strategies of Passion: Love and Marriage in Medieval Iceland and Norway 2503521630, 9782503521633

Translated by Betsy van der Hoek. This book is concerned with the social and gendered meanings of love in medieval Norw

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Violence in Medieval Europe (The Medieval World) 9781317866206

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Monsters in Society: Alterity, Transgression, and the Use of the Past in Medieval Iceland 9781501514227, 1501514229

Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore,

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Monsters in Society: Alterity, Transgression, and the Use of the Past in Medieval Iceland 9781501514227, 9781501518362

Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore,

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