The Vision of Turpin in the North: from the Liber Sancti Jacobi to the Icelandic Sagas

• Published in: Revista de Literatura Medieval
• Main Author: Barreiro, Santiago
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Editorial Universidad de Alcalá 2024
• Subjects: Sagas; Iceland; Vision of Turpin; Charlemagne; James the Greater; Hagiography; Medieval Translation; Islandia; Visión de Turpín; Carlomagno; Santiago el Mayor; Hagiografía; Traducciones medievales; Lengua
• Online Access: https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RLM/article/view/102607

This article presents a translation of the Norse version of the text known as the Vision of Turpin. This short narrative belongs in the Carolingian-Jacobean matter of the Liber Sancti Jacobi, originally written in Latin and hugely popular in the Middle Ages. It exists in two closely related versions...