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Title

Norse-Gaelic contacts in a Viking world : studies in the literature and history of Norway, Iceland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man / by Colmán Etchingham, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Máire Ni Mhaonaigh, and Elizabeth Ashman Rowe.

Author

Etchingham, Colmán

Publication

• Turnhout : Brepols, [2019]
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958-
• Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire
• Ashman Rowe, Elizabeth

Description

xii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

This multi-disciplinary volume draws on the combined expertise of specialists in the history and literature of medieval Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland to shed new light on the interplay of Norse and Gaelic literary traditions. Through four detailed case-studies, which examine the Norwegian 'Konungs skuggsjá', the Icelandic 'Njáls saga' and 'Landnámabók', and the Gaelic text 'Baile Suthach Sith Emhna', the volume explores the linguistic, cultural, and political contacts that existed between Norse and Gaelic speakers in the High Middle Ages, and examines the impetus behind these texts, including oral tradition, transfer of written sources, and authorial adaption and invention. Crucially, these texts are not only examined as literary products of the thirteenth century, but also as repositories of older historical traditions, and the authors seek to explore these wider historical contexts, as well as analyse how and why historical and literary material was transmitted. The volume contains English translations of key extracts and also provides a detailed discussion of sources and methodologies to ensure that this milestone of scholarship is accessible to both students and subject-specialists.

Series Statement

Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe ; volume 29

Uniform Title

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; 29.

Subjects

• Ireland
• Landnámabók
• Ireland > Civilization > To 1172
• Njáls saga
• Civilization, Viking
• Konungs skuggsjá
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Civilization
• Icelandic literature > History and criticism
• To 1172
• Baile suthach síth Emhna

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

List of Illustrations -- Note on Orthography of Names -- Preface -- Norse-Gaelic Contacts in a Viking World : Concept and Context -- Defining Norse-Gaelic Contacts -- Channels of Contact across the Norse-Gaelic Interface -- Multilingual Literacy and Textual Transmission -- Specific Textual Reflexes of Norse-Gaelic Contact -- Conclusion -- The 'Wonders of Ireland' in Konungs skuggsjá : Text, Sources, Context -- Introduction -- 'Wonders of Ireland' : Text and Translation -- The 'Wonders of Ireland' in Konungs skuggsjá and Three Other Texts -- The 'Wonders of Ireland' in Konungs skuggsjá Analysed -- Selectivity and the 'Wonders of Ireland' in Konungs skuggsjá -- Date and Context of Konungs skuggsjá : Hákon IV's Ambitions and Interest in Ireland -- Textual Transmission and Compilation -- Appendix -- Baile Suthach Síth Emhna, a Poem to Raghnall, King of Man : Text and Context -- Introduction -- Baile Suthach Síth Emhna : Text and Translation -- The Literary Context of Baile Suthach Sith Emhna -- The Literary Depiction of Raghnall, King of Man -- Raghnall and Ulster -- Raghnall and Dublin -- Raghnall as Viking -- Raghnall and Norway -- Raghnall as Norse-Gaelic Leader -- Baile Suthach Síth Emhna : Raghnall's Perspective -- Baile Suthach Síth Emhna : Ideal and Reality -- The Battle of Clontarf in Icelandic Sources -- Introduction -- Textual Analysis -- The Case for a *Brjáns saga -- The Provenance of *Brjáns saga -- The Battle of Clontarf in Old Norse Sources : Historical Function and Literary Perspectives -- Conclusion -- Kjarvalr Írakonungr and Gaelic Ancestry in Iceland -- Introduction -- References to Ireland in the Introduction to Landnámabók -- Gaelic Names in Landnámabók -- Royal and Aristocratic Gaelic Ancestry in Landnámabók -- The Case of Kjarvalr Írakonungr -- The Perception of Gaelic Ancestry in Thirteenth-Century Iceland -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 19-12036

ISBN

• 9782503579023
• 2503579027

LCCN

9782503579023

OCLC

1089232780

Author

Etchingham, Colmán, author.

Title

Norse-Gaelic contacts in a Viking world : studies in the literature and history of Norway, Iceland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man / by Colmán Etchingham, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Máire Ni Mhaonaigh, and Elizabeth Ashman Rowe.

Publisher

Turnhout : Brepols, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe ; volume 29

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; 29.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

To 1172

Added Author

Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958- author.

Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire, author.

Ashman Rowe, Elizabeth, author.

Other Form:

E-book version 9782503579047

Other Standard Identifier

9782503579023

Research Call Number

JFE 19-12036