Studies in Ragnar's Saga Lodbrokar and Its Major Scandinavian Analogues (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780907570080)

This saga, dealing with the exploits of Ragnarr and his sons in the British Isles and elsewhere, gives important insights into Britain's relations with Scandinavia in the ninth century and later. The monograph offers a new etymology for the hero's nickname, lothbrok, and examines in detail the saga's relationship to its Old Norse analogues in prose and verse, its Latin analogue in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, and its ballad-analogues in Norwegian, Danish and Faroese.

Author: Rory McTurk
ISBN-10: 0907570089
ISBN-13: 9780907570080
Publisher: Medium Aevum Monographs / Ssmll
Language: English
Published: 06/16/1991
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.65d