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Language of Power: Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas (Islandica, 60, Band 60) - Hardcover

Pálsson, Viðar

 
9780935995213: Language of Power: Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas (Islandica, 60, Band 60)
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ISBN 10: 0935995218 ISBN 13: 9780935995213
Verlag: CORNELL UNIV PR, 2017

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In Language of Power, Viðar Pálsson addresses pre-modern European power relationships that provide the context for narratives of feasts and exchanges of gifts so conspicuous in the Icelandic sagas. Viðar'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, Viðar analyzes in depth the demonstrative character of friendship in this pre-modern world as it derives from classical manifestations of amicitia.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Viðar Pálsson (b. 1978), an assistant professor of history at the University of Iceland, earned his PhD in 2010 from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Verlag
CORNELL UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0935995218
ISBN 13 
9780935995213
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Anzahl der Seiten
274
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