Leiðarvísir. Its Genre and Sources, with Particular Reference to the Description of Rome

• Main Author: MARANI, TOMMASO
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Old Norse literature; Travel Writing; Travel Account; Medieval Itinerary; Leiðarvísir; Nikulás of Munkaþverá; Rome; Munkaþverá; Iceland
• Online Access: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6397/; http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6397/1/Marani__Tommaso__2012__Lei%C3%B0arv%C3%ADsir__Durham_PhD_Thesis.pdf

This thesis examines Leiðarvísir, a medieval itinerary from Iceland to the Holy Land. The itinerary indicates stops and distances, but is also rich in significant information on the places along the route. Leiðarvísir has been attributed to the twelfth-century Abbot Nikulás of the Benedictine abbey...