Blood Eagle Saga

Author : John Ingham
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398410459

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Blood-Eagle Saga by John Ingham Pdf

Deep frozen midwinter in a Viking warlord’s longhouse. From the snow emerges a white-haired saga-teller, Snorri, who offers to entertain the drunken warband. Sven Ravenfeeder agrees – but drops a noose around Snorri’s neck and tells him: “If we like your story, you will live...” So begins the Blood-Eagle Saga – a tale of greed and betrayal, courage and cowardice, that takes rival Viking longships across the Atlantic to a new world of depravity. In the menacing forests and on the vast bison-rich plains, Viking enemies Grim and his former right-hand man Asgeir battle over honour and treasure. Along the way, they find themselves in another equally proud and brutal warrior culture, that of the native Americans. Throughout Asgeir is helped by his muse, Mary, a shape-shifting former Irish slave who has every reason to hate Grim. At the heart of the saga is one burning question that sends Sven and his men into a frenzy – who will be the victim of the Vikings’ favourite torture – The Blood-Eagle?

Author : Gavin Chappell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1521294798

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The Blood Eagle by Gavin Chappell Pdf

Her father slain by murderous berserks, Ingunn is alone in the world except for her cowardly brother Thrand. She burns with the desire for vengeance, but her enemy Varg the Black is the master of a Viking fleet. Ingunn must become a Viking herself before she can hope to fulfil her vow - to hunt Varg down and slay him with the infamous blood-eagle torture...

Author : John Haywood
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250106148

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Northmen by John Haywood Pdf

An authoritative volume that places the Vikings in their wider geographical and historical context.

Author : Medieval Academy of America
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802038239

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Old Norse-Icelandic Literature by Medieval Academy of America Pdf

"In the past few decades, interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a corresponding interest in its background: its origins, social and historical context, and relationship to other medieval literatures. Until the 1980s, however, there was a distinct lack of scholarship in English that synthesized the critical trends and thinking in the field, so in 1985 Carol J. Clover and John Lindow brought together several of the most distinguished Old Norse scholars to contribute essays for a collection that would finally provide a comprehensive guide to the major genres of Old Norse-Icelandic literature." "The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: eddic and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Their essays, each with a full bibliography, make up this vital survey of Old Norse literature in English - a basic reference work that has stimulated much research and helped to open up the field to a wider academic readership." "This volume has become an essential text for instructors, and now, twenty years after its first appearance, it is being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching (MART) series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field."

Author : Daniel Baraz
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501723926

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Medieval Cruelty by Daniel Baraz Pdf

The Middle Ages are often thought of as an era during which cruelty was a major aspect of life, a view that stems from the anti-Catholic polemics of the Reformation. Daniel Baraz makes the striking discovery that the concept of cruelty, which had been an important issue in late antiquity, received little attention in the medieval period before the thirteenth century. From that point on, interest in cruelty increased until it reached a peak late in the sixteenth century.Medieval Cruelty's extraordinary scope ranges from the writings of Seneca to those of Montaigne and draws from sources that include the views of Western Christians, Eastern Christians, and Muslims. Baraz examines the development of the concept of cruelty in legal texts, philosophical treatises, and other works that attempt to discuss the nature of cruelty. He then considers histories, martyrdom accounts, and literary works in which cruelty is represented rather than discussed directly. In the wake of the intellectual transformations of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, an increasing focus on the intentions motivating an individual's acts rekindled the discussion of cruelty. Baraz shows how ethical thought and practice about cruelty, which initially focused on external forces, became a tool to differentiate internal groups and justify violence against them. This process is evident in attacks on the Jews, in the peasant rebellions of the later Middle Ages, and in the Wars of Religion.

Author : Rory McTurk
Publisher : Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015022038361

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Studies in Ragnars Saga Loðbrʹokar and Its Major Scandinavian Analogues by Rory McTurk Pdf

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Author : Brendan Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139425339

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Britain and Ireland, 900–1300 by Brendan Smith Pdf

There is a growing interest in the history of relations between the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish as the United Kingdom and Ireland begin to construct new political arrangements and to become more fully integrated into Europe. This book brings together work on how these relations developed between 900 and 1300, a period crucial for the formation of national identities. The conquest of England by the Normans and the subsequent growth in English power required the inhabitants of Britain and Ireland to reassess their dealings with each other. Old ties were broken and new ones formed. Economic change, the influence of chivalry, the transmission of literary motifs, and questions of aristocratic identity are among the topics tackled here by leading scholars from Britain, Ireland and North America. Little has been published hitherto on this subject, and the book marks a major contribution to a topic of lasting interest.

Author : Donna Beth Ellard
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781950192397

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AngloSaxon(ist) Pasts, PostSaxon Futures by Donna Beth Ellard Pdf

"Over the past several years, Anglo-Saxon studies-alongside the larger field of medieval studies-has undergone a reckoning. Outcries against the misogyny and sexism of prominent figures in the field have quickly turned to issues of racism, prompting Anglo-Saxonists to recognize an institutional, structural whiteness that not only bars the door to people of color but also prohibits scholars from confronting the very idea that race and racism operate within the field's scholarship, scholarly practices, and intellectual history. Anglo-Saxon(ist) Pasts, postSaxon Futures traces the integral role that colonialism and racism play in Anglo-Saxon studies by tracking the development of the "Anglo-Saxonist," an overtly racialized term that describes a person whose affinities point towards white nationalism. That scholars continue to call themselves "Anglo-Saxonists," despite urgent calls to combat racism within the field, suggests that this term is much more than just a professional appellative. It is, this book argues, a ghost in the machine of Anglo-Saxon studies-a spectral figure created by a group of nineteenth-century historians, archaeologists, and philologists responsible for not only framing the interdisciplinary field of Anglo-Saxon studies but for also encoding ideologies of British colonialism and Anglo-American racism within the field's methods and pedagogies. Anglo-Saxon(ist) pasts, postSaxon Futures is at once a historiography of Anglo-Saxon studies, a mourning of its Anglo-Saxonist "fathers," and an exorcism of the colonial-racial ghosts that lurk within the field's scholarly methods and pedagogies. Part intellectual history, part grief work, this book leverages the genres of literary criticism, auto-ethnography, and creative nonfiction in order to confront Anglo-Saxonist pasts in order to imagine speculative postSaxon futures inclusive of voices and bodies heretofore excluded from the field of Anglo-Saxon studies"--

Author : Esaias Tegne'r
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781907256646

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FRIDTHJOF'S SAGA by Esaias Tegne'r Pdf

Fridthjof's saga, also spelt Friedhof's saga, starts with King Bele of Sogn who had two sons, Helgi and Halfdan, and a daughter named Ingeborg. Across the fjord, lived the king's friend Thorstein Vikingsson whose son Fridthjof (Frio jofr), called "the bold," was the bravest among men. Fridthjof had been raised with Ingeborg by their foster-father Hilding. Both Bele and Thorsteinn died in war whereupon Helgi and Halfdan ruled the kingdom. They were jealous of Fridthjof's excellent qualities and denied Fridthjof Ingeborg's hand. They took her to Balder's sacred enclosure where no one dared touch her. Still, Fridthjof visited Ingeborg and their love for each other continued to grow. This angered Helgi and Halfdan and Fridthjof was banished to Orkney. They also demanded tribute. While he was away they burnt down his homestead and married Ingeborg to the aged king Ring of Ringerike. When Frithjof returned with the tribute, he burnt down Balder's temple and left to live as a viking. After three years he wintered with king Ring. Fridthjof's identity became apparent and the dying king appointed Fridthjof earl and made him the care-taker of Ring's and Ingeborg's child. After Ring's death, Fridthjof and Ingeborg married and he became the king of Ringerike. He declared war on Ingeborg's brothers, killed one and made the second his vassal. Tegne'r's poem, "Fridthjof's Saga," has been printed in Sweden in many editions and in almost every possible style. It has been illustrated and it has been set to music most famously by Heinrich Hofmann but also by Bruch and Johan Wagenaar. Moreover it has been rendered into English by eighteen different translators, and has been translated into nearly all the modern European languages. 33% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charity."

Author : Massimiliano Bampi,Carolyne Larrington,Sif Rikhardsdottir
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary form
ISBN : 9781843845645

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A Critical Companion to Old Norse Literary Genre by Massimiliano Bampi,Carolyne Larrington,Sif Rikhardsdottir Pdf

A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.

Author : Esaias Tegnér (Bishop of Växjö.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000387440

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Frithiof's Saga ... by Esaias Tegnér (Bishop of Växjö.) Pdf

Author : Esaias Tegnér
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Epic poetry
ISBN : HARVARD:32044084791136

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Frithiof's Saga by Esaias Tegnér Pdf

Author : Esaias Tegnér
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNN:BNLP000011318

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Frithiof's Saga a Legend of the North by Esaias Tegner by Esaias Tegnér Pdf

Author : Esaias TEGNÉR (Bishop of Wexiö.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019387676

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Frithiofs Saga. A Legend of the North ... Translated from the original Swedish by G. S[tephens]. Revised and illustrated, with an introductory letter by the illustrious author himself, etc by Esaias TEGNÉR (Bishop of Wexiö.) Pdf

Author : Tom Birkett,Roderick Dale
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501513886

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The Vikings Reimagined by Tom Birkett,Roderick Dale Pdf

The Vikings Reimagined explores the changing perception of Norse and Viking cultures across different cultural forms, and the complex legacy of the Vikings in the present day. Bringing together experts in literature, history and heritage engagement, this highly interdisciplinary collection aims to reconsider the impact of the discipline of Old Norse Viking Studies outside the academy and to broaden our understanding of the ways in which the material and textual remains of the Viking Age are given new meanings in the present. The diverse collection draws attention to the many roles that the Vikings play across contemporary culture: from the importance of Viking tourism, to the role of Norse sub-cultures in the formation of local and international identities. Together these collected essays challenge the academy to rethink its engagement with popular reiterations of the Vikings and to reassess the position afforded to ‘reception’ within the discipline.