Feud in the Icelandic Saga
| Author | : Jesse L. Byock |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0520045645 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780520045644 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (644 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Feud in the Icelandic Saga by : Jesse L. Byock
Download or read book Feud in the Icelandic Saga written by Jesse L. Byock and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society--the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict--is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.
