Feud In The Icelandic Saga

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.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Jesse L. Byock - Джесси Л. Байок

Publisher:University of California Press

Language:English

Publication Date:1993

Number of pages:300 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:140 mm / 5,5'

Height:216 mm / 8,5'

Weight:363 g

ISBN:9780520082595