The Saga of the Jomsvikings - A Translation With Full Introduction

Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jomsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress of the Baltic coast, launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work.

About the author

Alison Finlay, University of London, UK, and þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Product details

• Authors: Alison (TRN)/ Johannesdottir Finlay
• Assisted by: Degruyter (Editor), Alison Finlay (Translation), Ordis Edda Johannesdottir (Translation), Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir (Translation), Johannesdottir Ordis Edda (Translation)
• Publisher: Western michigan uni medieval
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781580443111
• ISBN: 978-1-58044-311-1
• No. of pages: 197
• Series: Northern Medieval World: On th; The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Eur; The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe; The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Eur; The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe; The Northern Medieval World,
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Literaturwissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Deutsch, Skandinavische Sprachen, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, Isländische Saga; Skandinavistische Geschichte; Wikinger; Icelandic sagas; Scandinavian history; Vikings