Egil's saga : traditional evidence for Brúnanburh compared to literary, historic and archaeological analyses /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kirby, John R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2019.
Series:Access archaeology
Subjects:
Snorri Sturluson, > 1179?-1241. > Egils saga.
Egils saga (Snorri Sturluson)
937
Brunanburh, Battle of, 937 > Sources.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Sources
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION; RAISON D'ÊTRE; SNORRI'S CHARACTER AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LITERARY EVIDENCE; PAGAN RITUAL CONTRASTED TO EARLY CHRISTIAN BELIEFS; HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; THE SOCIO-RELIGIOUS SPHERE; PRIOR TO 'THE GREAT BATTLE'; THE CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR OF ÆTHELSTAN; THE FYLDE: THE PLAIN OF DEATH; THE 'PATHS OF THE DEAD'; GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE
  • Jarl Gunnar Hlífrsson's family relationship with Thorsteinn Egilsson; MARITIME AND LANDSCAPE SUMMARY IN THE BRÚNANBURH MSS.; APPENDIX A
  • Christian Relationships in Iceland and England; CHRONOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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