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Eirik the Red: And Other Icelandic Sagas

Eirik the Red: And Other Icelandic Sagas

Name: Eirik the Red: And Other Icelandic Sagas
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Gwyn Jones
ISBN: 9780192835307

Gwyn Jones

01/06/1999
Oxford Paperbacks

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Couverture de Eirik the Red: And Other Icelandic Sagas par Gwyn Jones

Résumé

The remote and inhospitable landscape of Iceland made it a perfect breeding-ground for heroes. The first Norsemen to colonize it in 860 found that the fight for survival demanded high courage and tough self reliance; it also nurtured a stern sense of duty and an uncompromising view of destiny. The Icelandic sagas relate the adventurous lives of individuals and families between 930 and 1030, which began as oral tales but were skilfully documented in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and are now regarded as written literature.