Egil's saga : traditional evidence for Brúnanburh compared to literary, historic and archaeological analyses /
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| Author / Creator: | Kirby, John R., author. |
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| Imprint: | Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2019. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (58 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Access archaeology |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13514592 |
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.