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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Sagas"”.
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Character portrayal in three Icelandic sagas
This dissertation outlines the political and social organization of the Icelandic Commonwealth, and analyses the characters of Gunnlaug in Gunnlaugs saga; of Brodd-Helgi, Geitir, Bjami and Thorkel in Vápnfirŏinga saga and of Snorri in Eyrbyggja saga.
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Survivals of Paganism in Christian Medieval Iceland as Evidenced by the Icelandic Family Sagas
… sources, especially the Icelandic Family sagas, not only cover the conversion of Iceland, the ensuing conflicts and tensions between paganism and Christianity, and pagan survivals under Christianity, they also include many descriptions of pagan religion and pre-Christian society in …
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Literary Activity and Ecclesiastical Authority in Medieval Iceland: The Old Norse Reception of St Ambrose of Milan and his Exemplary Role in Bishops’ Sagas
… I argue that hagiography –in the form of Saints’ sagas– constituted an instrument to promote Gregorian ideals of ecclesiastical independence against secular chieftains from the late twelfth century to the early fourteenth century. As a case study, I focus on the reception of St Ambrose of Milan …
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Emotions in Njáls saga and Egils saga: Approaches and literary analysis
… thirteenth-century Old Norse Íslendingasǫgur (Sagas of Icelanders). The genre is notorious for the apparent emotional reticence of its narrative style. This dissertation challenges that notion from the fundamental premise that, to understand the literary representations of emotions in medieval …
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The Duality of Textiles
… have drastic consequences, as revealed in the sagas. Both the family sagas and the legendary sagas of Iceland use clothing and textiles within their narratives. Textiles are also inexorably linked to the roles of women, who historically have been the makers and weavers of textiles. Women and …
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An Investigation of Advice Giving in the Íslendingasögur
… practices depicted in the *Íslendingasögur* (Sagas of the Icelanders), especially how they form, structure, and alter relationships. It argues that Icelandic society as depicted in these sagas benefits from advice-giving norms, which can facilitate peacekeeping, alliance and even authority. …
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Creating Intellectual Properties : A Sensemaking Study.
… study is undertaken, using conversations, sagas, mini-sagas, questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire identified 11 intellectual property developers in Britain, whose properties were valued by a sample of 40 developers. Ten of these were interviewed, and from the interview data and …
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"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul." A functional analysis of fate in Fornaldarsögur
… therefore to challenge the idea of fate in the sagas as only representative of a Pre-Christian belief. Fate has mainly been studied in relationship to this religious aspect, especially in the Fornaldarsögur. Here fate will be considered through a functional approach, in order to question the …
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The Matter of Gautland
… of Gautland’ fornaldarsögur. Because these three sagas involve Gautish heroes and, accordingly, feature Gautland as an important space, they inevitably reflect a significant depth of conceptualisation of the region, and the rest of this dissertation employs the heterotopic framework to illuminate …
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Narrative structure and the individual in the Íslendingasögur: motivation, provocation and characterisation
… between characterisation and structure in the sagas.By drawing attention to characters that I term narrative triggers, I offer a way of reading the sagas that relies both on the narrative conventions of tradition and on the less predictable, personal interactions between the cast of any given …
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The Beowulf Poet's Accommodation Of Pre-Christian Germanic Culture
… Germanic authors of works such as Icelandic sagas and Danish pseudo-history. The primary components of Beowulf I address to argue for this point are the poet's incorporation of pagan Germanic cosmology, and his rendering of Beowulf according to two different heroic types in Germanic …
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"Redefining Gender Through the Arena of the Male Body: The Reception of Thomas's Tristan in the Old French ""Le Chevalier De La Charette"" and the Old Icelandic ""Saga Af Tristram Ok Isodd"
… on the gender system in the literary-historic sagas of Icelanders. While maleness in this genre is largely based on performance, it rests on a biological basis. Thus, the ability of the Old Icelandic hero to father a son marks his immunity to the ambivalence which plagues the continental …
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The Life and Times of Medieval Drifters: The Social and Environmental Significance of Driftwood in the Medieval Icelandic Culture and Identity, 9th - 13th Centuries
… people. By examining place names, laws, sagas, and mythology a better understanding of the importance of driftwood can be found in the early Icelandic culture, and the lines between environmental importance and cultural identity may be drawn.
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To what extent do the writings of Archbishop Wulfstan of York demonstrate a survival of heathen practices?
… as well as later works in terms of two sagas which, although written later provide important context to an earlier time.<br/>My analysis demonstrates that the frequency of Wulfstan’s denunciation of heathen practices show that, whilst not his overriding concern, they were sufficiently …
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FantasticPerú. Proyecto de emprendimiento
… masivos, los entusiastas de las diferentes sagas han cambiado la introversión por la interacción social y finalmente, ser diferente es lo que está de moda. Pero aunque el acercamiento al género fantástico ya es más popular, aún faltan espacios donde los fans puedan conocerse y departir sobre …
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The role of Cú Chulainn in Old and Middle Irish narrative literature with particular reference to tales belonging to the Ulster Cycle.
… remarks about Cú Chulainn’s role within these sagas.
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Design of Novel Antigen-Specific Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders
… a small molecule drug. Soluble Antigen Arrays (SAgAs) focus on disrupting immune recognition at the immunological synapse by conjugating autoantigen on a multivalent polymer support. Polymer-drug conjugates also present a unique opportunity as a depot delivery system with the potential for …
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The Classical Barbarian in the Íslendingasögur
… inhabitants of the places identified in the sagas as Írland, Skotland and Vínland are portrayed as being less civilized than the Icelanders themselves. This thesis explores the ways in which the Íslendingasögur emphasize this relative barbarity through descriptions of diet, material culture, …
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An edition and study of "Nikulás saga leikara"
… However, recent scholarship has discovered that sagas such as Nsl. are rich in both Icelandic and continental literary styles and motifs. Nsl. may therefore be seen as a particulariy Icelandic form of medieval romance. The present translation of Nsl. will make the saga available for further study …
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