Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas by Gwyn Jones

Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas by Gwyn Jones

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Remote and inhospitable, Iceland made a perfect breeding-ground for heroes. The Icelandic sagas relate the adventurous lives of colonists between 930 and 1030, which began as oral tales but were skilfully documented in the 13th and 14th centuries, and are now regarded as written literature.

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Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas by Gwyn Jones

The remote and inhospitable landscape of Iceland made it a perfect breeding-ground for heroes. The first Norsemen to colonize it in 860 found that the fight for survival demanded high courage and tough self reliance; it also nurtured a stern sense of duty and an uncompromising view of destiny. The Icelandic sagas relate the adventurous lives of individuals and families between 930 and 1030, which began as oral tales but were skilfully documented in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and are now regarded as written literature.
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ISBN 13 9780192835307
ISBN 10 0192835300
Titel Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas
Autor Gwyn Jones
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1999-06-01
Seitenanzahl 336
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