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The Saga of the Jómsvikings: A Translation for Students

By Alison Finlay , Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir (transl.)

Book information

Publisher
Western Michigan University
Year
2019
ISBN
1580443133, 9781580443135, 9781501514678
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2356488 bytes)
Series
Medieval Institute Publications. The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe
Pages
124\128
Topic
Literature
Time added
2021-11-18 10:28:06

Description

Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the 'Saga of the Jómsvikings' tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress of the Baltic coast and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. 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 Th e Saga of the Jómsvikings 15 Bibliography 110 Index of Persons and Places 115

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