Barbarians In The Sagas Of Icelanders: Homegrown Stereotypes And Foreign Influences (Routledge Studies In Medieval Literature And Culture)

This book explores the way in the Sagas of Icelanders depict the barbarity of foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, through descriptions of diet, material culture, style of warfare, and character, and compares the portrayal with classical and contemporary European ideas--

• | Author: William H. Norman
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: July 30, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 206 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0367683393
• | ISBN-13: 9780367683399