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Language of Power: Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas

Language of Power: Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas

Pálsson, Viðar

Hardcover

Series: Islandica, Book 60

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0935995218
ISBN13: 9780935995213
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: May 31 2017
Pages: 274
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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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