Feud in the Icelandic Saga

Jesse L. Byock

University of California Press, 1993

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This study demonstrates how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society - the channelling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict - is reflected in the narrative of the sagas. It explores how the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.

ISBN-13
9780520082595
ISBN-10
0520082591
Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1993
Publication date
1993-03-09
Pages
300
Dimensions
217x141x23
Weight
424