Barbarian north in medieval imagination, the: ethnicity, legend, and literature
Auteur :
Rix, Robert
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367871130
Date de publication :
10 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines the ‘out-of-Scandinavia’ legend (Scandinavia as an ancestral homeland) in a wide range of medieval texts, focusing on the Anglo-Saxon tradition. Rix maps how these discourses informed ‘national’ legends of ancestral origins, showing how an ‘out-of-Scandinavia’ legend can be found in works by writers like Jordanes, Bede,