Combat in Saga Literature. Traces of martial arts in medieval Iceland
"Combat in Saga Literature. Traces of martial arts in medieval Iceland" describes and analyses the combat scenes in Old Norse saga literature. It develops four "modes of combat", literary patterns that shaped the narration of combat, and raises the question in how far medieval Ic...
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Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Universität Tübingen
2017
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-16023 https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/74619 |
Summary: | "Combat in Saga Literature. Traces of martial arts in medieval Iceland" describes and analyses the combat scenes in Old Norse saga literature. It develops four "modes of combat", literary patterns that shaped the narration of combat, and raises the question in how far medieval Iceland participated in European fencing/martial arts culture. |
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