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The Saga of the Jómsvikings: A Translation with Full Introduction

By Alison Finlay , Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir (transl.)

Book information

Publisher
Western Michigan University
Year
2018
ISBN
1580443117, 9781580443111
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2180191 bytes)
Series
The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe
Pages
VI+178\186
Topic
Literature
Time added
2019-12-15 17:13:48

Description

Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jomsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress off the Baltic coast, and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work. Introduction 1 The Saga of the Jómsvikings 67 Bibliography 163 Index of Persons and Places 174

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