Combat in Saga Literature. Traces of martial arts in medieval Iceland

"Combat in Saga Literature. Traces of martial arts in medieval Iceland" describes and analyses the combat scenes in Old Norse saga literature. It develops four "modes of combat", literary patterns that shaped the narration of combat, and raises the question in how far medieval Ic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wetzler, Sixt
Other Authors: Gropper, Stefanie (Prof. Dr.)
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universität Tübingen 2017
Subjects:
Saga
Islendinga sögur
Island
Altnordisch
Kampfsport
Fechten
Ringen
Kampf
Gewalt
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796
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saga literature
martial arts
combat scene
fencing
Kampfdarstellung
Fechtkunst
Kampfkunst
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10900/74619
https://doi.org/10.15496/publikation-16023
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-746192
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Summary:"Combat in Saga Literature. Traces of martial arts in medieval Iceland" describes and analyses the combat scenes in Old Norse saga literature. It develops four "modes of combat", literary patterns that shaped the narration of combat, and raises the question in how far medieval Iceland participated in European fencing/martial arts culture.

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