Sturla Þórðarson : skald, chieftain, and lawman /
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] |
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| Description: | viii, 291 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economics and cultures, 1569-1462 ; volume 78 Northern world ; v. 78. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11022287 |
| Summary: | Sturla r arson 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 Landn mab k (The Book of Settlements), slendinga saga (The Saga of Icelanders) and H konar saga H konarsonar (The Saga of King H kon). Moreover, it is thought that Sturla was involved in the production of the legal text known as J rns a , as well as annals and, possibly, some of the slendingas gur (Sagas of Icelanders).<br>In addition to his role as author and compiler, Sturla r arson was one of the most powerful men in Iceland. In 1262 Sturla visited the court of King Magn s H konarson 'the Law-mender' in Norway as a court poet. He later became the king's liegeman, and it was for King Magn s that Sturla wrote the sagas of King H kon and King Magn s. Sturla served as lawman of all Iceland in the period 1272-77, and then as lawman for the north and west of the country until 1282. He died on 30 July 1284.<br>Contributors are Ann-Marie Long, rmann Jakobsson, Au ur Magn sd ttir, G sli Sigur sson, Gu r n sa Gr msd ttir, Gu r n Nordal, Gunnar Har arson, Hans Jacob Orning, Helgi orl ksson, J n Vi ar Sigur sson, Lena Rohrbach, Patricia Pires Boulhosa, Philadelphia Ricketts, R.I. Moore, Randi Bj rshol W rdahl, Roberta Frank, Sveinbj rn Rafnsson, Sverrir Jakobsson, Theodore M. Andersson, lfar Bragason and Verena Hoefig.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 291 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004342354 9004342354 9789004342361 |
| ISSN: | 1569-1462 ; |
