Issuing the Challenge: Form, Function and End of Medieval Icelandic Dueling

• Main Author: Hansen, Michael Anthony, 1987-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Víkinga- og miðaldafræði; Miðaldir; Einvígi; Íslendingasögur; Íslensk fornbókmenntasaga; Stjórn; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/24160

This paper offers a re-evaluation of the scholarship surrounding the institution of dueling in medieval Iceland. Primarily this analysis uses the descriptions offered by the family sagas. In this analysis we find that primarily the duel is a method of conflict resolution. The form the duel takes lim...