Fagrskinna, A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway : A Translation with Introduction and Notes / / Alison Finlay

• Autore: Finlay Alison
• Pubblicazione: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Disciplina: 839/.63
• Soggetto topico: Fagrskinna (anonymous)
• Soggetto geografico: Norway History To 1030; Norway History 1030-1397
• Altri autori: FinlayAlison
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowldgements -- Introduction -- Translation Chapters 1-130 -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Bibliography Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Glossary -- Index of places and peoples -- Index of persons.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume includes the first complete translation of a thirteenth-century vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. An immediate source for the Heimskringla of Snorri Sturluson, it is a central text in the Old Norse genre of Kings' sagas. It includes extensive citation of skaldic verses, some of them preserved nowhere else. This translation preserves many of the metrical features of this complex verse form, which are explained in the commentary along with aspects of historical and cultural interest arising from the text. The introduction places the text within the Kings' saga tradition and examines the particular concerns of its anonymous author. The volume will be of use to historians and those interested in Old Norse literary history.
• Altri titoli varianti: A Translation with Introduction and Notes
• Titolo autorizzato: Fagrskinna, A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway
• ISBN: 1-280-46505-0; 9786610465057; 1-4237-1413-X; 90-474-0240-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783471103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Northern World ; ; 7.