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Routledge Barbarians in the Sagas of Icelanders: Homegrown Stereotypes and Foreign Influences (Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture)

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Product Description This book explores accounts in the Sagas of Icelanders of encounters with foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, who are portrayed according to stereotypes which vary depending on their origins. Notably, inhabitants of the places identified in the sagas as Írland, Skotland and Vínland are portrayed as being less civilized than the Icelanders themselves. This book explores the ways in which the Íslendingasögur emphasize this relative barbarity through descriptions of diet, material culture, style of warfare and character. These characteristics are discussed in relation to parallel descriptions of Icelandic characters and lifestyle within the Íslendingasögur, and also in the context of a tradition in contemporary European literature, which portrayed the Icelanders themselves as barbaric. Comparisons are made with descriptions of barbarians in classical Roman texts, primarily Sallust, but also Caesar and Tacitus, showing striking similarities between Roman and Icelandic ideas about barbarians. About the Author William H. Norman completed his PhD on the Sagas of Icelanders at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is interested in all aspects of characterization and worldview in the sagas and has published previously on the portrayal of Irish ancestry in the sagas.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0367683393
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Medieval
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Release Date: 30 July 2021
Listed Since: 02 February 2021

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