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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wetzler, Sixt
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universität Tübingen 2017
Subjects:
Saga , Islendinga sögur , Island , Altnordisch , Kampfsport , Fechten , Ringen , Kampf , Gewalt
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saga literature
martial arts
Kampfdarstellung
combat scene
Fechtkunst
fencing
Kampfkunst
Iceland
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-16023
https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/74619
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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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