Icelandic saga
From Freepedia
The Icelandic Sagas are prose histories describing mostly events that took place in Iceland during the Age of Settlement. They are written in Old Norse in Iceland during the 12th to 15th centuries and mostly during the centre of that epoch.
The saga writers sought to record their heroes' great achievements and to glorify the virtues of courage and honour.
See List of Icelandic sagas for the Main Icelandic Sagas (Íslendingasögur).
The original vellum manuscripts as well as later copies of them and some present-day translations of the sagas can be studied on-line at the following website:
External links
- Íslendinga sögur in Old Norse from «Kulturformidlingen norrøne tekster og kvad» Norway.
- Reproductions of Text of Icelandic Sagas
References
- Miller, William Ian (1990). Bloodtaking and Peacemaking: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
