Sagas, Saints and Settlements

Sagas, Saints and Settlements
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 166
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ISBN-13 : 9789047405184
ISBN-10 : 9047405188
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Book Synopsis Sagas, Saints and Settlements by : Gareth Williams

Download or read book Sagas, Saints and Settlements written by Gareth Williams and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains seven papers relating to Norse history and literature. Two cover issues of saga genre, two explore the relationship between sagas and medieval hagiography, and three consider aspects of the Norse settlement in Scotland from an interdisciplinary perspective. With contributions by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Phil Cardew, Haki Antonsson, Gareth Williams, Barbara Crawford and Simon Taylor.


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