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- Title
CONTEXTUALISING JÓMSVÍKINGA SAGA.
- Authors
AALTO, SIRPA
- Abstract
In the article the author investigates the context of Jómsvíkinga saga: What kind of meaning did Jómsvíkinga saga have in the environment where it was produced but also preserved for centuries? Two of the oldest extant manuscripts - AM 291 4to and Stock. Perg 4:o No 7 - are the focus of the investigation. The preservation of these manuscripts in northern Iceland could imply that the saga had relevance for people living there. Jómsvíkinga saga mentions four Icelanders who participated in the battle of Hjörungavágr, and who were originally from northwestern or northern Iceland. Therefore, the saga may have been an anchoring story for local families who were related to the characters mentioned in the saga. Earlier research has shown how Jómsvíkinga saga is positioned among the saga genres but contextualisation of this saga in the Icelandic environment helps understand why Icelanders were interested in it. A further investigation of the family trees of the owners of the manuscripts could cast light on this matter, and it could possibly add to what we know about the post-medieval use and reception of the saga.
- Subjects
HALLDORSSON, Olafur; MANUSCRIPTS; SAGAS; OLD Norse literature; HISTORY of Iceland
- Publication
Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae, 2018, Vol 23, p95
- ISSN
1427-4418
- Publication type
Article