Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century
One of the main topics of discussion in research on the translated riddrasögur has been their intended purpose and function. Earlier research on the subject has suggested that the translations of the European romances were commissioned by King Hákon Hákonarason in order to present a new European roy...
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ftnovusforlagojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/77 2023-05-15T16:46:48+02:00 Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century Eriksen, Stefka Georgieva 2007-05-22 http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/77 unknown Novus forlag http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/77/76 http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/77 Opphavsrett 2015 Collegium Medievale Collegium Medievale; Vol. 20 (2007) Collegium Medievale; Vol 20 (2007) 2387-6700 0801-9282 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2007 ftnovusforlagojs 2022-04-29T11:26:13Z One of the main topics of discussion in research on the translated riddrasögur has been their intended purpose and function. Earlier research on the subject has suggested that the translations of the European romances were commissioned by King Hákon Hákonarason in order to present a new European royal ideological model to the Scandinavian society. In this article I wish to investigate this hypothesis further by studying the royal ideology in Strengleikar. Do the kings presented in Strengleikar appear as the European Christian rex justus kings, which was the dominant medieval royal model, or do they convey another image - an image that may be interpreted to explain both the intended function and the popularity of the translations in Norway and Iceland? Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Novus - Online tidsskrifter (Novus forlag) Norway |
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One of the main topics of discussion in research on the translated riddrasögur has been their intended purpose and function. Earlier research on the subject has suggested that the translations of the European romances were commissioned by King Hákon Hákonarason in order to present a new European royal ideological model to the Scandinavian society. In this article I wish to investigate this hypothesis further by studying the royal ideology in Strengleikar. Do the kings presented in Strengleikar appear as the European Christian rex justus kings, which was the dominant medieval royal model, or do they convey another image - an image that may be interpreted to explain both the intended function and the popularity of the translations in Norway and Iceland? |
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Eriksen, Stefka Georgieva |
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Eriksen, Stefka Georgieva Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century |
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Eriksen, Stefka Georgieva |
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Eriksen, Stefka Georgieva |
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Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century |
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Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century |
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Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century |
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Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century |
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Popular Culture and Royal Propaganda in Norway and Iceland in the 13th century |
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popular culture and royal propaganda in norway and iceland in the 13th century |
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Novus forlag |
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2007 |
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http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/77 |
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Norway |
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Iceland |
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Iceland |
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Collegium Medievale; Vol. 20 (2007) Collegium Medievale; Vol 20 (2007) 2387-6700 0801-9282 |
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http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/77/76 http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/77 |
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