Víkingarvísur or Konungavísur? : On the Potential Role of the Skaldic Viking Encomia

• Main Author: Morawiec, Jakub
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: skaldic poetry; the speaker of the law; Iceland; Denmark; the Church; hagiography; Slavic peoples; Roli
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/18966

Skaldic poetry that praised the deeds of the Viking heroes have been for a long time at the forefront of academic inquiry, particularly in the context of the Scandinavian activity in the region of the British Isles at the turn of the 10th century. Poems such as Hallfred Óttarsson’s “Óláfsdrápa”, Sig...