Violence and Risk in Medieval Iceland: This Spattered Isle

ISBN-13: 9780198866046 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 384 str.

Oren Falk

Opis

This book investigates the history of violence in medieval Iceland, testing theoretical tools by applying them to a series of case studies drawn from the Icelandic sagas.

Recenzje

An ambitious, thought-provoking work ... The author seamlessly blends Iceland's literature and its complex history with his insights on and theory of violence in this intriguing and well-constructed work that will challenge readers to rethink their understanding of Iceland, its history, and historical approaches to violence. A. E. Leykam, CHOICE

O autorze

Oren Falk is a cultural historian of medieval Europe, educated in Jerusalem, Israel, and Toronto, Canada. He works primarily with Icelandic sagas; his recurring interests include histories of violence, gender, folklore, and ecology, as well as historical methodology. Falk has written on unexpected absences - things that ought to be there but aren't - such as wives, beards, and heirs apparent, and on equally surprising presences: pregnant warriors, sodomitic cats, and outlawed rituals.