North Atlantic Islands and a complicated wedding in Egils saga

This article discusses the role of the Northern Islands in an episode of Egils saga, a medieval Icelandic text written during the first half of the thirteenth century. The episode focuses on the complexities of a wedding in which the involved groups do not have an initial agreement, developing into...

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Main Author: Barreiro, Santiago Francisco
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/235566
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spelling ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/235566 2024-06-23T07:54:04+00:00 North Atlantic Islands and a complicated wedding in Egils saga As Ilhas do Atlântico norte e um casamento complicado na saga de Egill Barreiro, Santiago Francisco application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/235566 eng eng Universidade Federal do Paraná info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.dialogosmediterranicos.com.br/RevistaDM/article/view/460 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/235566 Barreiro, Santiago Francisco; North Atlantic Islands and a complicated wedding in Egils saga; Universidade Federal do Paraná; Diálogos Mediterrânicos; 25; 12-2023; 25-35 2237-6585 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/ Iceland Sagas Liminality North Atlantic https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet 2024-05-27T23:56:36Z This article discusses the role of the Northern Islands in an episode of Egils saga, a medieval Icelandic text written during the first half of the thirteenth century. The episode focuses on the complexities of a wedding in which the involved groups do not have an initial agreement, developing into a conflictive situation spanning into several lands and agents. The resolution of said conflict, which involves some of the major characters in the saga, leads to a discussion of the concept of “liminality”. Its possibilities and limits for the analysis of Norse societies are here assessed through this case study. O artigo investiga o papel das ilhas do Atlântico Norte num episódio da Saga de Egill, texto medieval islandês composto na primeira metade do século XIII. Este episódio centra-se nas complexidades de um casamento, em que as diferentes partes não partem de um acordo inicial, envolvendo portanto diferentes atores e territórios habitualmente ausentes na aliança conjugal. A resolução do conflito, protagonizada por dois personagens centrais da saga, leva-nos a refletir sobre a categoria de “liminaridade”, avaliando as suas potencialidades e limitações para compreender as sociedades medievais do norte a partir deste estudo de caso. Fil: Barreiro, Santiago Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Pont. Universidad Catolica Arg."sta.maria de Los Bs.as.". Facultad de Cs. Sociales, Politicas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland North Atlantic CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Argentina
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Sagas
Liminality
North Atlantic
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Sagas
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description This article discusses the role of the Northern Islands in an episode of Egils saga, a medieval Icelandic text written during the first half of the thirteenth century. The episode focuses on the complexities of a wedding in which the involved groups do not have an initial agreement, developing into a conflictive situation spanning into several lands and agents. The resolution of said conflict, which involves some of the major characters in the saga, leads to a discussion of the concept of “liminality”. Its possibilities and limits for the analysis of Norse societies are here assessed through this case study. O artigo investiga o papel das ilhas do Atlântico Norte num episódio da Saga de Egill, texto medieval islandês composto na primeira metade do século XIII. Este episódio centra-se nas complexidades de um casamento, em que as diferentes partes não partem de um acordo inicial, envolvendo portanto diferentes atores e territórios habitualmente ausentes na aliança conjugal. A resolução do conflito, protagonizada por dois personagens centrais da saga, leva-nos a refletir sobre a categoria de “liminaridade”, avaliando as suas potencialidades e limitações para compreender as sociedades medievais do norte a partir deste estudo de caso. Fil: Barreiro, Santiago Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Pont. Universidad Catolica Arg."sta.maria de Los Bs.as.". Facultad de Cs. Sociales, Politicas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina
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