The Legendary Saga as a Medium of Cultural Memory A Study of Late Medieval Icelandic Manuscripts

This book examines how the legendary Scandinavian past is ‘remembered’ in two late medieval Icelandic saga manuscripts. Drawing on insights from cultural memory studies and material philology, it situates them in their literary, media, and historical contexts to argue that they served particular fun...

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Main Author Valpola-Walker, Alisa
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2025
SeriesMemory and the Medieval North
Subjects
13th century, c 1200 to c 1299
2ACSX Old Norse
Altnordisch
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
c 1000 CE to c 1500
CE period up to c 1500
Cultural and media studies
cultural memory
Cultural studies
Gedächtnis+kulturell
Germanic and Scandinavian languages
Icelandic sagas
Indo-European languages
Island+Mittelalter
Isländisch+Saga
Language qualifiers
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Scandinavian
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Literary studies: general
Literature: history and criticism
Medieval Iceland
Old Norse
Scandinavian languages
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
Time period qualifiers
cultural memory
Altnordisch
Gedächtnis+kulturell
Icelandic sagas
Island+Mittelalter
Isländisch+Saga
Old Norse
Medieval Iceland
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ISBN3111338436
9783111338651
9783111338439
3111338657
9783111338859
3111338851
ISSN2699-7339
DOI10.1515/9783111338651

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Contents --
  • List of Abbreviations --
  • Note on Manuscripts, Editions, and Translations --
  • 7 The Vocality of AM 589a–f 4to and AM 586 4to --
  • 5 Göngu-Hrólfs saga --
  • Index
  • 1 Introduction --
  • 9 General Conclusion --
  • 3 The Legendary Past in AM 589a–e 4to --
  • List of Illustrations --
  • 2 Overview of AM 589a–f 4to --
  • 8 The Manuscripts in Context --
  • Frontmatter --
  • 4 Sturlaugs saga starfsama --
  • 6 Overview of AM 586 4to --
  • Appendices --
  • Bibliography --