This volume is the first book-length study of masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders.
Spanning the entire corpus of the Sagas of Icelanders—and taking into account a number of …

Studies of the Middle Ages acknowledge that the body is one of the gaps in history yet to be
filled in. Traditional historiography operates outside the realm of corporeality because it …

This thesis examines the vernacular psychology presented in Old Norse-Icelandic texts. It
focuses on the concept'hugr', generally rendered in English as 'mind, soul, spirit', and …

This thesis examines masculinities in the Íslendingasögur. It attempts to uncover the
dominant model of masculinity that operates in the sagas, outlines how masculinities and …

Mouthing Off: Egill’s Aberrant Mouth Page 41 26 Freya Alethe Schlaefer Faculty of Icelandic and
Comparative Cultural Studies, Háskoli Íslands fas23@ hi. is Mouthing Off: Egill’s Aberrant Mouth …

13th centuries, are centred on the lives of early medieval Norwegian (and occasionally
Danish and Swedish) kings. These texts have been thoroughly studied for centuries, but …

By 12th-century epic standards, masculine figures were those who maintained positions of
strength and power; fulfilling societal obligations was paramount to maintaining clearly …

Throughout the Icelandic sagas, the role of legs and feet has always been significant, most
often with regards to their injury or removal. Despite numerous examples of leg removal or …

This thesis takes a fresh, character-based approach to the Íslendingasögur. It is inspired by
a narratological study that unites the functional and structural role of characters with their …

In spite of a recent surge of interest in space and place in saga scholarship, there has been
no sustained study of the presentation of landscape in skaldic poetry. This thesis seeks to …