Rǫgnvaldr Kali Kolsson and Orkneyinga saga [Medieval self-fashioning: Rognvaldr Kali Kolsson and Orkneyinga saga]

• Main Author: Goeres, EM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Orkneyinga saga; Orkney Islands; skaldic verse; Iceland; Rǫgnvaldr Kali Kolsson; Kali
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074591/8/Goeres_Medieval%20self-fashioning.Rognvaldr%20Kali%20Kolsson%20and%20Orkneyinga%20saga_VoR.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074591/

This article investigates the process of self-fashioning depicted in the medieval Icelandic text Orkneyinga saga, the 'Saga of the Orkney Islanders'. It argues that the character of Rçgnvaldr Kali Kolsson, Earl of Orkney, is shown to fashion himself in the model of previous Scandinavian ru...