Kings and warriors in early north-west Europe /
Jan Erik Rekdal & Charles Doherty editors.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin, Ireland :
Four Courts Press,
[2016]
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: 480 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9781846825019 |
Table of Contents:
Living with war: poets and the Welsh experience c.600–1300 / Marged Haycock
Warrior and king in Early Ireland / Charles Doherty
The medieval king: Christian king and fearless warrior / Jan Erik Rekdal
Monsters of the tribe: berserk fury, shapeshifting and social dysfunction in Táin Bó Cúailnge, Egils saga and Hrólfs saga kraka/ Ralph O'Connor
Warrior time / Morgan Thomas Davies
The low men on the totem pole: warriors and rulers in Old Norse texts from c.1200 / Ian Beuermann
Óláfr Haraldsson, king, warrior and saint: presentations of King Óláfr Haraldsson the Saint in medieval poetry and prose / Jon Gunnar Jørgensen
The role and identity of the warrior: self-reflection and awareness in Old Norse literary and social spaces / Stefka G. Eriksen.
Living with war: poets and the Welsh experience c.600–1300 / Marged Haycock
Warrior and king in Early Ireland / Charles Doherty
The medieval king: Christian king and fearless warrior / Jan Erik Rekdal
Monsters of the tribe: berserk fury, shapeshifting and social dysfunction in Táin Bó Cúailnge, Egils saga and Hrólfs saga kraka/ Ralph O'Connor
Warrior time / Morgan Thomas Davies
The low men on the totem pole: warriors and rulers in Old Norse texts from c.1200 / Ian Beuermann
Óláfr Haraldsson, king, warrior and saint: presentations of King Óláfr Haraldsson the Saint in medieval poetry and prose / Jon Gunnar Jørgensen
The role and identity of the warrior: self-reflection and awareness in Old Norse literary and social spaces / Stefka G. Eriksen.