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

• 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; 355; 796; 839; 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

"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.