"The Limits of my Language Mean the Limits of my World": Multilingualism in Medieval Iceland

• Main Author: Thorn, Katherine, 1989-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Viking and Medieval Norse Studies; Fjöltyngi; Íslendingasögur; Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda; Biskupasögur; Íslensk fornbókmenntasaga; Miðaldir; Lönd; Babel; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/24044

Multilingualism studies is a rapidly developing field. In recent years, exciting leaps have been made in approaching medieval European societies from the understanding that they were less monolingual than has previously been assumed, especially within western Christian sphere. This has furthered the...