From Legend to Cult Figure
Oddr Snorrason's biography of Óláfr Tryggvason likely represents one of the earliest attempts by an Icelander to compose an extended literary narrative. Oddr clearly wrote for an audience whose standards of historiography had evolved outside of Iceland, although his informants and source materi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
2015
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2015, Volume: 81, Issue: 2, Pages: 440-479 |
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B Hákon Hlaðajarl Sigurðarson B Gesta Hammaburgensis B Kenning B Olaf I Tryggvason, King of Norway, 968-1000 B völva B Hagiography B Apologetics B sceptre B Snorrason, Oddr |