Sturla Þórðarson : skald, chieftain, and lawman /

"Sturla Þórðarson is one of only a handful of thirteenth-century Icelandic historians to be known by name, and he is certainly one of the most significant. A number of works may be traced directly to his literary-cultural circle, notably Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements), Íslendinga sag...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958- (Editor ), Sverrir Jakobsson, 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Colección:Northern world ; v. 78.
Temas:
Sturla Þórðarson, > 1214-1284.
Håkonson, Magnus, > King of Norway, > 1238-1280 > Friends and associates.
Håkonson, Magnus, > King of Norway, > 1238-1280
Sturla Þórðarson, > 1214-1284
Authors, Old Norse > Biography.
Authors, Icelandic > Biography.
Historians > Iceland > Biography.
Écrivains islandais > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Authors, Icelandic
Authors, Old Norse
Employees
Friendship
Historians
Intellectual life
Politics and government
Iceland > Officials and employees > Biography.
Iceland > Intellectual life.
Iceland > Politics and government.
Islande > Politique et gouvernement.
Iceland
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Sturla Þórðarson: Skald, Chieftain and Lawman
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • 1 Sturla Þórðarson, The Politician
  • 2 The Works of Sturla Þórðarson
  • 3 The Education of Sturla Þórðarson (and the Icelandic Elite)
  • 4 Power, Protection and Pleasure: The Marital and Extra-Marital Relationships of the Women in Sturla Þórðarson's Life
  • 5 Landnámabók and Its Sturlubók Version
  • 6 Sturlubók and Cultural Memory
  • 7 Foundational Myth in Sturlubók: An Analysis of the Tale of Ingólfr and Hjörleifr
  • 8 'I'm on an island': The Concept of Outlawry and Sturla's Book of Settlements
  • 9 Narrative Negotiations of Literacy Practices in Íslendinga saga and Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar
  • 10 Gautr Jónsson of Mel: Craftsman of Battle and Chief Oral Source of Hákonar saga
  • 11 Sturla: The Poet and the Creator of Prosimetrum
  • 12 The Storied Verse of Sturla Þórðarson
  • 13 Sturla Þórðarson's Two Perspectives on Thirteenth-Century History: Royal Chronicler vs. Icelandic Chieftain
  • 14 Sturla Þórðarson's Narrative Personalities
  • 15 Reykholt Revisited
  • 16 Becoming Visible: Viewing Women in Íslendinga saga
  • 17 A Personal Account: The Official and the Individual in Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar
  • 18 The Bias and Alleged Impartiality of Sturla Þórðarson
  • 19 Codex Reseniani: Sturla Þórðarson as an Encyclopaedic Writer
  • 20 Narrative, Evidence and the Reception of Járnsíða
  • 21 'New Worlds Emerging': History and Identity in Twelfth-Century Eurasia
  • 22 Postscript: The Subjectivity of Sturla Þórðarson
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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