Power and Political Communication. Feasting and Gift Giving in Medieval Iceland

The present study has a double primary aim. Firstly, it seeks to analyze the sociopolitical functionality of feasting and gift giving as modes of political communication in later twelfth- and thirteenth-century Iceland, primarily but not exclusively through its secular prose narratives. Secondly, it...

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Main Author: Palsson, Vidar
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Power
Gift giving
Gift
Feasting
Feast
Icelandic & Scandinavian Literature
Ritual
Medieval History
940
Iceland
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spelling ftamad:oai:www.amad.org:123456789/73955 2023-05-15T16:45:54+02:00 Power and Political Communication. Feasting and Gift Giving in Medieval Iceland Palsson, Vidar 2010-01-01 application/pdf https://www.amad.org/jspui/handle/123456789/73955 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/581528js http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5r49vxf eng eng http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/581528js http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5r49vxf https://www.amad.org/jspui/handle/123456789/73955 public Power Gift giving Gift Feasting Feast Icelandic & Scandinavian Literature Ritual Medieval History 940 dissertation 2010 ftamad 2021-09-30T20:19:33Z The present study has a double primary aim. Firstly, it seeks to analyze the sociopolitical functionality of feasting and gift giving as modes of political communication in later twelfth- and thirteenth-century Iceland, primarily but not exclusively through its secular prose narratives. Secondly, it aims to place that functionality within the larger framework of the power and politics that shape its applications and perception. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Iceland AMAD - "Archivum Medii Aevi Digitale - Specialized open access repository for research in the middle ages"
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Gift giving
Gift
Feasting
Feast
Icelandic & Scandinavian Literature
Ritual
Medieval History
940
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Gift giving
Gift
Feasting
Feast
Icelandic & Scandinavian Literature
Ritual
Medieval History
940
Palsson, Vidar
Power and Political Communication. Feasting and Gift Giving in Medieval Iceland
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Gift giving
Gift
Feasting
Feast
Icelandic & Scandinavian Literature
Ritual
Medieval History
940
description The present study has a double primary aim. Firstly, it seeks to analyze the sociopolitical functionality of feasting and gift giving as modes of political communication in later twelfth- and thirteenth-century Iceland, primarily but not exclusively through its secular prose narratives. Secondly, it aims to place that functionality within the larger framework of the power and politics that shape its applications and perception.
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title_short Power and Political Communication. Feasting and Gift Giving in Medieval Iceland
title_full Power and Political Communication. Feasting and Gift Giving in Medieval Iceland
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title_full_unstemmed Power and Political Communication. Feasting and Gift Giving in Medieval Iceland
title_sort power and political communication. feasting and gift giving in medieval iceland
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