The Orkneyinga Saga

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1981-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0140443835

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Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were still part of the Viking world, beginning with their conquest by the kings of Norway in the ninth century. The saga describes the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney and the adventures of great Norsemen such as Sigurd the Powerful, St Magnus the Martyr and Hrolf, the conqueror of Normandy. Savagely powerful and poetic, this is a fascinating depiction of an age of brutal battles, murder, sorcery and bitter family feuds. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Gilbert Goudie
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 137849752X

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Orkneyinga saga
ISBN : OXFORD:401186016

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The Orkneyinga Saga by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tom Muir
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750955331

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Orkney Folk Tales by Tom Muir Pdf

The Orkney Islands are a place of mystery and magic, where the past and the present meet, ancient standing stones walk and burial mounds are the home of the trows. Orkney Folk Tales walks the reader across invisible islands that are home to fin folk and mermaids, and seals that are often far more than they appear to be. Here Orkney witches raise storms and predict the outcome of battles, ghosts seek revenge and the Devil sits in the rafters of St Magnus Cathedral, taking notes! Using ancient tales told by the firesides of the Picts and Vikings, storyteller Tom Muir takes the reader on a magical journey where he reveals how the islands were created from the teeth of a monster, how a giant built lochs and hills in his greed for fertile land, and how the waves are controlled by the hand of a goddess.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Orkney (Scotland)
ISBN : OCLC:1069235656

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The Orkneyinga saga by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith Jesch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317482536

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The Viking Diaspora by Judith Jesch Pdf

The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East as a form of ‘diaspora’. It discusses the ways in which migrants from Russia in the east to Greenland in the west were conscious of being connected not only to the people and traditions of their homelands, but also to other migrants of Scandinavian origin in many other locations. Rather than the movements of armies, this book concentrates on the movements of people and the shared heritage and culture that connected them. This on-going contact throughout half a millennium can be traced in the laws, literatures, material culture and even environment of the various regions of the Viking diaspora. Judith Jesch considers all of these connections, and highlights in detail significant forms of cultural contact including gender, beliefs and identities. Beginning with an overview of Vikings and the Viking Age, the nature of the evidence available, and a full exploration of the concept of ‘diaspora’, the book then provides a detailed demonstration of the appropriateness of the term to the world peopled by Scandinavians. This book is the first to explain Scandinavian expansion using this model, and presents the Viking Age in a new and exciting way for students of Vikings and medieval history.

Author : 1214-1284 Magnús S Sturla þórkarson,1214-1284 Hákonar Sturla þórkarson,Gukbrandur Vigfússon
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1018602933

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Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles by 1214-1284 Magnús S Sturla þórkarson,1214-1284 Hákonar Sturla þórkarson,Gukbrandur Vigfússon Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Joseph Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : OCLC:1110941043

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The Orkneyinga Saga by Joseph Anderson Pdf

Author : Leifur Eiricksson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141991559

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The Vinland Sagas by Leifur Eiricksson Pdf

The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red’s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik’s son Leif the Lucky’s perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : London : Hogarth Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015005162790

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Orkneyinga Saga by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barbara Crawford
Publisher : Origin
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912476819

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The Northern Earldoms by Barbara Crawford Pdf

The medieval earldoms of Orkney and Caithness were positioned between two worlds, the Norwegian and the Scottish. They were a maritime lordship divided, or united, by the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth. This unlikely combination of island and mainland territory survived as a single lordship for 600 years, against the odds. Growing out of the Viking maelstrom of the early Middle Ages, it became an established and wealthy principality which dominated northern waters, with a renowned dynasty of earls. Despite their peripheral location these earls were fully in touch with the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland and increasingly subject to the rulers of these kingdoms. How they maintained their independence and how they survived the clash of loyalties are themes explored in this book from the early Viking age to the late medieval era when the powerful feudal Sinclair earls ruled the islands and regained possession of Caithness. This is a story of the time when the Northern Isles of Scotland were part of a different national entity which explains the background to the non-Gaelic culture of this locality, when links across the North Sea were as important as links with the kingdom of Scotland to the south.

Author : Tom Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Orkney (Scotland)
ISBN : 0954032071

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The Shorter Orkneyinga Saga by Tom Muir Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141966809

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Seven Viking Romances by Anonim Pdf

Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances - as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141915074

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King Harald's Saga by Snorri Sturluson Pdf

This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 - this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.

Author : Ernest Marwick
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788852722

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The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland by Ernest Marwick Pdf

The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.