LEADER 03648nam 22005295 450 001 9910826610403321 005 20211006033949.0 010 $a1-282-02355-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442670860 035 $a(CKB)5510000000041016 035 $a(DE-B1597)464179 035 $a(OCoLC)1013946272 035 $a(OCoLC)944178519 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442670860 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254783 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671187 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/vf980s 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418769 035 $a(PPN)20199979X 035 $a(EXLCZ)995510000000041016 100 $a20190708d2016 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAnglo-Saxon England in Icelandic Medieval Texts /$fMagnus Fjalldal 210 1$aToronto :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d[2016] 210 4$d©2005 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aToronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS) 311 0 $a1-4426-7086-X 311 0 $a0-8020-3837-9 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Old English and Old Norse: The Evidence of Gunnlaugs saga, Fyrsta málfræðiritgerðin, and Hauksbók --$t2. Old English and Old Norse: The Evidence of Other Sources --$t3. General Knowledge and Attitudes about Anglo-Saxon England and Its Customs --$t4. History - Heimskringla, Ágrip af Nóregskonunga s?gum, Fagrskinna, Knýtlinga saga, and Morkinskinna: From Haraldr Fair-hair to the Sons of Cnut --$t5. History - Heimskringla, Ágrip af Nóregskonunga s?gum, Fagrskinna, Knýtlinga saga, and Morkinskinna: From Magnús the Good to Eysteinn Haraldsson --$t6. History - Egils saga --$t7. History - Breta sögur, Saga Ósvalds konúngs hins helga, Dunstanus saga, and Jatvarðar saga --$t8. Kings and Courts --$t9. The Hero and His Deeds --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tBackmatter 330 $aMedieval Icelandic authors wrote a great deal on the subject of England and the English. This new work by Magnús Fjalldal is the first to provide an overview of what Icelandic medieval texts have to say about Anglo-Saxon England in respect to its language, culture, history, and geography. Some of the texts Fjalldal examines include family sagas, the shorter þættir, the histories of Norwegian and Danish kings, and the Icelandic lives of Anglo-Saxon saints. Fjalldal finds that in response to a hostile Norwegian court and kings, Icelandic authors ? from the early thirteenth century onwards (although they were rather poorly informed about England before 1066) ? created a largely imaginary country where friendly, generous, although rather ineffective kings living under constant threat welcomed the assistance of saga heroes to solve their problems. The England of Icelandic medieval texts is more of a stage than a country, and chiefly functions to provide saga heroes with fame abroad. Since many of these texts are rarely examined outside of Iceland or in the English language, Fjalldal?s book is impor'ant for scholars of both medieval Norse culture and Anglo-Saxon England. 606 $aAnglo-Saxons in literature 606 $aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAnglo-Saxons in literature. 615 0$aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a839/.6093241 700 $aFjalldal$b Magnus$0566186 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826610403321 996 $aAnglo-Saxon England in Icelandic medieval texts$91046235 997 $aUNINA