Dissent versus conformism in Þórðar Saga Kakala (13th-century Iceland)
The aim of this article is to highlight some developments in the writing of contemporary sagas in respect to their role in strengthening and perpetuating a discourse of power aimed at establishing the 13th-century incipient Icelandic aristocracy. The source we shall focus on, Þórður Kakali Sighvatss...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:60cb697361ef4a09a6c4f58f9d3e6ba8 2023-05-15T16:46:47+02:00 Dissent versus conformism in Þórðar Saga Kakala (13th-century Iceland) Costel Coroban 2019-08-01 https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/5711/files/2019/10/04.-Coroban.pdf https://doaj.org/article/60cb697361ef4a09a6c4f58f9d3e6ba8 en eng The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies 2067-1725 2067-225X https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/5711/files/2019/10/04.-Coroban.pdf https://doaj.org/article/60cb697361ef4a09a6c4f58f9d3e6ba8 undefined Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 7-18 (2019) þórður kakali sighvatsson iceland norway age of sturlungs king hákon hákonarson hisphilso hist Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2019 fttriple 2023-01-22T19:35:33Z The aim of this article is to highlight some developments in the writing of contemporary sagas in respect to their role in strengthening and perpetuating a discourse of power aimed at establishing the 13th-century incipient Icelandic aristocracy. The source we shall focus on, Þórður Kakali Sighvatsson’s saga (Þórðar saga kakala, translated as Saga of Þórðar the Stammerer/Cackler/Chatterer), was written during the second half of the 13th century by an unknown author and includes details on the life of the protagonist from the period 1242 to 1250. It is one of the fourteen sagas in the Sturlunga collection, probably assembled around the year 1300 by Þórðr Narfason. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Unknown Norway |
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The aim of this article is to highlight some developments in the writing of contemporary sagas in respect to their role in strengthening and perpetuating a discourse of power aimed at establishing the 13th-century incipient Icelandic aristocracy. The source we shall focus on, Þórður Kakali Sighvatsson’s saga (Þórðar saga kakala, translated as Saga of Þórðar the Stammerer/Cackler/Chatterer), was written during the second half of the 13th century by an unknown author and includes details on the life of the protagonist from the period 1242 to 1250. It is one of the fourteen sagas in the Sturlunga collection, probably assembled around the year 1300 by Þórðr Narfason. |
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