"Wikinger" im Mittelalter: Die Rezeption von "vikingr" m. und "viking" f. in der altnordischen Literatur

by Jana Kruger

Overview

Our present-day view of the Vikings and their activities is based mainly on Swedish poetry of the romantic period, as well as the results of archaeological research in the 20th century. But what pictures were conjured up by Vikings and their travels in the Middle Ages? An answer to this question can be provided by medieval Scandinavian literature, in particular Icelandic. This is the first study of the reception of the Vikings and their travels in medieval Old Norse literature to be attempted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110210354
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	11/06/2008
Series:	Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Erganzungsbande Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	277
File size:	7 MB
Language:	German

About the Author

Jana Krüger, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

Editorial Reviews

"Jana Krüger has provided a useful analysis of a part of the relevant corpus."Judith Jeschin:Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica 27/2009

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