03585nam 2200733 a 450 991078174430332120200520144314.01-283-28078-7978661328078790-04-21047-410.1163/ej.9789004209893.i-253(CKB)2550000000048738(EBL)773411(OCoLC)754582335(SSID)ssj0000547118(PQKBManifestationID)11345636(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000547118(PQKBWorkID)10506122(PQKB)10699267(MiAaPQ)EBC773411(OCoLC)738347747(nllekb)BRILL9789004210479(Au-PeEL)EBL773411(CaPaEBR)ebr10498917(CaONFJC)MIL328078(PPN)174393784(EXLCZ)99255000000004873820110721d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKings' sagas and Norwegian history[electronic resource] problems and perspectives /by Shami GhoshLeiden ;Boston Brill20111 online resource (269 p.)The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. Peoples, economies and cultures,1569-1462 ;v. 54Description based upon print version of record.90-04-20989-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Skaldic Verse and Saga Prose: Transmission and Reliability -- 3. Non-Native Sources and Influence -- 4. The Uses of the Past -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Concordance of Cited Passages from the 1932 and 2011 Editions of Morkinskinna -- Index of Modern Scholars Cited -- General Index.This book is an examination of some of the principal issues arising from the study of the kings’ sagas, the main narrative sources for Norwegian history before c. 1200. Providing an overview of the past two decades of scholarship, it discusses the vexed relationship between verse and prose and the reliability as historical sources of the verse alone or the combination of verse and prose; the possibility and extent of non-native influence on the composition of these texts; and the function of the past, in particular given that most of the historiography of Norway was produced in Iceland. This book aims to stimulate studies of medieval Scandinavian historiography with its critical perspective on the texts and the scholarship, while also providing a useful work of reference in order to make this area of research accessible to scholars in cognate fields.Northern world ;v. 54.SagasHistory and criticismOld Norse literatureHistory and criticismKings and rulers in literatureLiterature and historyNorwayNorwayHistoriographyNorwayHistoryTo 1030SourcesNorwayHistory1030-1397SourcesNorwayKings and rulersSagasHistory and criticism.Old Norse literatureHistory and criticism.Kings and rulers in literature.Literature and history948.1/01072Ghosh Shami1471571MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781744303321Kings' sagas and Norwegian history3814350UNINA