Add to ORKGShafer John Douglas, Saga-accounts of Norse far-travellers, Thèse de doctorat soutenue en 2010, (Université de Durham) Résumé/abstract : The thesis examines the medieval Icelandic sagas’ many accounts of travel taken by Scandinavian characters to lands in the distant north, south, east and west. These Norse far-travellers have various motivations for their journeys, and particular motivations and motifs are associated with each cardinal direction. Travel to the distant west and north, for exa..
The history of Sweden was not a priority subject for saga writers in Iceland. The "Saga of Ingvar th...
In recent years, scholars from across the disciplines have moved towards a more nuanced consideratio...
This thesis is a journey through a layered Icelandic landscape, where the representations and imagin...
The thesis examines the medieval Icelandic sagas’ many accounts of travel taken by Scandinavian char...
The thesis examines the medieval Icelandic sagas’ many accounts of travel taken by Scandinavian char...
Given the geographical magnitude and cultural significance of the medieval Norse voyages across the ...
The Old English account known as Ohthere’s Voyage preserves a ninth-century description of ‘Norðmann...
Medieval Old Norse-Icelandic literature recounts numerous stories of men travelling far and wide to ...
This article analyses five fourteenth-century Old Norse travel narratives in light of the learned ge...
An exploration of the Viking Age and the Global Middle Ages through the lens of the far-travelling N...
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the meaning of sagas in a European context by analyzing cer...
Analyzes the symbolic importance of directions in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Notes the pe...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
Ibsen visited Northern Norway only once in his lifetime and this was in the summer of 1891. Despite ...
... In earlier times Finmark and the inner parts of Troms were not inhabited by Norwegians but by a ...
The history of Sweden was not a priority subject for saga writers in Iceland. The "Saga of Ingvar th...
In recent years, scholars from across the disciplines have moved towards a more nuanced consideratio...
This thesis is a journey through a layered Icelandic landscape, where the representations and imagin...
The thesis examines the medieval Icelandic sagas’ many accounts of travel taken by Scandinavian char...
The thesis examines the medieval Icelandic sagas’ many accounts of travel taken by Scandinavian char...
Given the geographical magnitude and cultural significance of the medieval Norse voyages across the ...
The Old English account known as Ohthere’s Voyage preserves a ninth-century description of ‘Norðmann...
Medieval Old Norse-Icelandic literature recounts numerous stories of men travelling far and wide to ...
This article analyses five fourteenth-century Old Norse travel narratives in light of the learned ge...
An exploration of the Viking Age and the Global Middle Ages through the lens of the far-travelling N...
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the meaning of sagas in a European context by analyzing cer...
Analyzes the symbolic importance of directions in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Notes the pe...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
Ibsen visited Northern Norway only once in his lifetime and this was in the summer of 1891. Despite ...
... In earlier times Finmark and the inner parts of Troms were not inhabited by Norwegians but by a ...
The history of Sweden was not a priority subject for saga writers in Iceland. The "Saga of Ingvar th...
In recent years, scholars from across the disciplines have moved towards a more nuanced consideratio...
This thesis is a journey through a layered Icelandic landscape, where the representations and imagin...