LEADER 03403nam 22005533 450 001 9911011282303321 005 20250224120843.0 010 $a9783111348476 010 $a3111348474 024 7 $a10.1515/9783111348476 035 $a(CKB)5860000000552816 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31901199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31901199 035 $a(DE-B1597)666162 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783111348476 035 $a(OCoLC)1498888040 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000552816 100 $a20250224d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCultural Memory in the Icelandic Contemporary Sagas $eConstructing Continuity at a Time of Transformation 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerlin/Boston :$cWalter de Gruyter GmbH,$d2025. 210 4$d©2025. 215 $a1 online resource (282 pages) 225 1 $aMemory and the Medieval North Series ;$vv.3 311 08$a9783111348421 311 08$a3111348423 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tContents -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1 Introduction -- $t2 Constructing identity: The beginning of Icelandic history -- $t3 Constructing continuity: The Saga Age and the Sturlung Age -- $t4 Continuity and contact: Mutual influences between Iceland and Norway -- $t5 The time of transformation: Iceland?s political integration with Norway -- $t6 Integration and integrity: Iceland as a part of the Norwegian kingdom -- $t7 Conclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe objective of this book is to analyse the Old Icelandic sagas dealing with the twelfth to fourteenth centuries ? the secular contemporary sagas and the bishops? sagas ? from the perspective of cultural memory studies. This approach foregrounds their function as sources of the late medieval Icelanders? collective identity, shaped by the narrative tradition and the current concerns. It is argued here that the intertextual relations between the Old Icelandic historiographical texts extend beyond the literary level and influence the perception of the past itself. The accounts of events from the settlement to the fourteenth century form a coherent narrative that acknowledges the historical development but accentuates the themes and values that continued to define the collective identity. Within this framework, the book presents a detailed analysis of how this function of the narrative shaped the sagas depicting the time when Iceland was gradually integrated into the Norwegian kingdom. As such, it contributes to a more nuanced understanding of how this culturally significant period of medieval Icelandic history was perceived when the memory of it was still crossing the boundary between common knowledge and foundational history. 410 0$aMemory and the Medieval North Series 610 $aIceland. 610 $aOld Icelandic sagas. 610 $acultural memory. 610 $ahistoricity. 610 $amiddle ages. 676 $a839.63 700 $aKorecká$b Lucie$01794711 712 02$aEuropean Regional Development Fund$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911011282303321 996 $aCultural Memory in the Icelandic Contemporary Sagas$94335617 997 $aUNINA