«En engi má við skǫpum vinna»: Individual Agency and Structural Determination in Vǫlsunga Saga

• Main Authors: Barreiro, Santiago Francisco, Martin Paez, Mario
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Córdoba
• Subjects: saga; agency; structure; iceland; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5; Norway; Noruega; Imponen; Iceland; Islandia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/158731

The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between decision making and contextual determination in Volsunga Saga, produced in Iceland or Norway during the 13th Century. We will show that social and kinship structures impose obligations that individuals normally accept as something in...