Sturla Þórðarson : skald, chieftain, and lawman /
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Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] |
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Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
Series: | The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economics and cultures, 1569-1462 ; v. 78 Northern world ; v. 78. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11910745 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.