Feud in the Icelandic Saga
University of California Press
Paperback 293 pages English March 09, 1993
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Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society--the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict--is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.
- Author:
- Jesse L. Byock
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Publication Date:
- March 09, 1993
- Number of pages:
- 293 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0520082591
- ISBN-13:
- 9780520082595