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The pagan earl : Hákon Sigurðarson and the medieval construction of Old Norse religion
- Title
- The pagan earl : Hákon Sigurðarson and the medieval construction of Old Norse religion / Nicolas Meylan.
- Author
- Meylan, Nicolas
- Publication
- [Odense] : University Press of Southern Denmark, 2022.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Fiske Icelandic Collection. NIC
- Description
- 264 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- This monograph comprises a close investigation of the use of "pagan" concepts by the authors and redactors of medieval Norwegian royal history, the vernacular and Latin works commonly called kings sagas. The work is structured as a biography of Hákon jarl Sigurðarson, who is portrayed as a staunch pagan, with the various chapters departing from some incident in Hákon's biography to consider one of the major categories of pre-Christian religion posited by scholars. These range from divine and sacred kinship through ritual, sacrifice, and temples, to myth and fate, and by the end, effectively all the significant categories have been treated. The various chapters show how authors and redactors put the relevant religious concepts to ideological service, primarily relating to notions of the extent to which kingship should be centralized.
- Series Statement
- The Viking collection : Studies in northern civilization, 0108-8408 ; volume 26
- Uniform Title
- Viking collection ; v. 26.
- Alternative Title
- Hákon Sigurðarson and the medieval construction of Old Norse religion
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-246) and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 23-1695
- ISBN
- 9788740834246
- 8740834247
- OCLC
- 1344225459
- Author
- Meylan, Nicolas, author.
- Title
- The pagan earl : Hákon Sigurðarson and the medieval construction of Old Norse religion / Nicolas Meylan.
- Publisher
- [Odense] : University Press of Southern Denmark, 2022.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Viking collection : Studies in northern civilization, 0108-8408 ; volume 26Viking collection ; v. 26.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-246) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 900-999
- Added Author
- Fiske Icelandic Collection. NIC
- Research Call Number
- JFD 23-1695