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Language of Power: Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas: 60 (Islandica) - Hardcover

Pįlsson, Višar

 
9780935995213: Language of Power: Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas: 60 (Islandica)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0935995218 ISBN 13: 9780935995213
Publisher: Cornell University Library, 2017

Synopsis

In Language of Power, Višar Pįlsson addresses pre-modern European power relationships that provide the context for narratives of feasts and exchanges of gifts so conspicuous in the Icelandic sagas. Višar's point of departure considers 'comparative perspectives on rituals, the sociology of power, and pre-state political cultures in Europe,' focusing on medieval Europe and its political and cultural heritage from classical antiquity, before proceeding to a similar contemplation of sagas of kings of Norway and sagas of the Icelandic commonwealth. In writing for scholars of Icelandic sagas and for scholars of medieval European cultures of power, Višar analyzes in depth the demonstrative character of friendship in this pre-modern world as it derives from classical manifestations of amicitia.

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About the Author

Višar Pįlsson (b. 1978), Assistant Professor of History at the University of Iceland, earned his PhD in 2010 from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Publisher
Cornell University Library
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0935995218
ISBN 13 
9780935995213
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
274