Anonymous. Njáls Saga. 1275

Njáls saga is the longest, most complex, and most celebrated of the Sagas of Icelanders. It is set in the period between the mid-tenth and early eleventh centuries and tells mainly of events in the south of Iceland, though characters in the saga journey to mainland Scandinavia, to the British Isles...

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Main Author: Phelpstead, Carl Luke
Other Authors: Clark, Robert, Elliott, Emory, Todd, Janet
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: The Literary Dictionary Company Limited 2003
Subjects:
PR English literature
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/85425/
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spelling ftunivcardiff:oai:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk:85425 2023-05-15T16:46:21+02:00 Anonymous. Njáls Saga. 1275 Phelpstead, Carl Luke Clark, Robert Elliott, Emory Todd, Janet 2003-09-03 https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/85425/ http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=14339 unknown The Literary Dictionary Company Limited Phelpstead, Carl Luke https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0647724.html orcid:0000-0001-7835-5600 orcid:0000-0001-7835-5600 2003. Anonymous. Njáls Saga. 1275. The Literary Encyclopedia PR English literature Article PeerReviewed 2003 ftunivcardiff 2022-11-03T23:37:19Z Njáls saga is the longest, most complex, and most celebrated of the Sagas of Icelanders. It is set in the period between the mid-tenth and early eleventh centuries and tells mainly of events in the south of Iceland, though characters in the saga journey to mainland Scandinavia, to the British Isles and as far afield as Rome and Constantinople. The saga was written between c.1275 and c.1290: detailed legal passages in the saga show some influence from the Járnsíða law code introduced to Iceland from Norway in 1271, and the oldest manuscript fragments date from c.1300. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Cardiff University: ORCA (Online Research @ Cardiff) Norway
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