Snorri Sturluson and Reykholt : the author and magnate, his life, works and environment at Reykholt in Iceland /

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Imprint:	Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press in collaboration with The Institute of History, University of Iceland, and Snorrastofa at Reykholt, [2018]
Description:	488 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Snorri Sturluson, -- 1179?-1241 -- Homes and haunts -- Iceland -- Reykholt (Vesturland) Snorri Sturluson, -- 1179?-1241 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11864774

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Other authors / contributors:	Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir, 1947- editor. Helgi Þorláksson, editor.
ISBN:	9788763546126 8763546124
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	Reykholt in Borgarfj͡rðr, Iceland, is probably best known for its thirteenth-century occupant, the magnate Snorri Sturluson - historian, scholar and much-acclaimed author of Heimskringla and Edda. Reykholt was an important site before Snorri' s arrival there in the early thirteenth century since it already served as the seat of chieftains and was an importannt religious and political centre. Its high status may have been the reason why Snorri was keen to acquire it and make it his home. The collection of essays in this volume throws new light on Snorri, the place in which he chose to reside and how his presence enhanced Reykholt' s political and cultural importance. While the more general objective is to offer interdisciplinary methods to provide a better understanding of the process of centralization of power during the Commonwealth period in Iceland (930-1262), the creation of political and ecclesiastical centres and how this relates to land-use, settlement development and the creation of literature, the main focus of the investigation throughout is on Reykholt at the time of Snorri.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Forms of Names and their Spelling
List of Illustrations
General Map of the Borgarfjorðr area
Sturlungar Family, Genealogical Table
Introduction
Snorri Sturluson the Aristocrat Becomes lendr maðr
Snorri Sturluson, the Politician, and his Foreign Relations, The Norwegian, Orcadian and Götlandish Connections
Reykholt as a Centre of Power
The Palaeoecology and Cultural Landscapes Associated with Reykholt
Natural Resources - Access and Exploitation
The Buildings at Reykholt
The Deed of the Church of Reykholt
Snorri Sturluson and the Best of Both Worlds
Oral Rhetoric and Literary Rhetoric
The Learned Sturlungar and the Emergence of Icelandic Literate Culture
The Social Conditions for Literary Practice in Snorri's Lifetime
Reykholt and its Literary Environment in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century
The Literary Legacy of Snorri Sturluson
List of Contributors
Indexes

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