Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society--the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict--is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.

advocacy. --- arbitration. --- brokerage. --- conflict. --- direct resolution. --- family sagas. --- feud chains. --- feud clusters. --- feud. --- feudeme. --- folklore. --- goading. --- iceland. --- icelandic literature. --- information passing. --- medieval icelandic society. --- medieval social thought. --- medieval. --- mythology. --- narrative structure. --- old icelandic saga. --- regulation of conflict. --- rejected resolution. --- resolution. --- scandinavia. --- scandinavian literature. --- self advocacy. --- sturlunga saga compilation. --- travel. --- violence.