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Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas
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In Language of Power, Vidar Palsson addresses pre-modern European power relationships that provide the context for narratives of feasts and exchanges of gifts so conspicuous in the Icelandic sagas. Vidar's point of departure considers "comparative perspectives on rituals, the sociology of power, and pre-state political cultures in Europe," focusing on medieval Europe and its political and cultural heritage from classical antiquity, before proceeding to a similar contemplation of sagas of kings of Norway and sagas of the Icelandic commonwealth. In writing for scholars of Icelandic sagas and for scholars of medieval European cultures of power, Vidar analyzes in depth the demonstrative character of friendship in this pre-modern world as it derives from classical manifestations of amicitia.

Author Biography:

Vidar Palsson (b. 1978), Assistant Professor of History at the University of Iceland, earned his PhD in 2010 from the University of California, Berkeley.
Release date Australia
May 31st, 2017
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  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
274
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152x229x25
ISBN-13
9780935995213
Product ID
26817488

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