Bibliography II of IV

Scholarship on Medieval Icelandic Culture

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Ármann Jakobsson. “Snorri and His Death: Youth, Violence, and Autobiography in Medieval Iceland.” Scandinavian Studies, vol. 75, no. 3, U of Illinois P, Oct. 2003, pp. 317–40.

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Arnold, Martin. The Vikings: Culture and Conquest. Hambledon Continuum, 2007.

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Artelius, Tore, and Svanberg, Fredrik. Dealing with the Dead: Archaeological Perspectives on Prehistoric Scandinavian Burial Ritual. National Heritage Board, 2005.

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Bandlien, Bjørn. Strategies of Passion: Love and Marriage in Medieval Iceland and Norway. Brepols, 2005.

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Burrows, Hannah. “Cold Cases: Law and Legal Detail in the Íslendingasögur.” Parergon, vol. 26, no. 1, Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2009, pp. 35–56, doi:10.1353/pgn.0.0095.

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Byock, Jesse L., et al. “Viking Age Iceland.” European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 6, no. 3, 1 Dec. 2003, pp. 328–29.

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Callow, Chris. “Reconstructing the Past in Medieval Iceland.” Early Medieval Europe, vol. 14, no. 3, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Aug. 2006, pp. 297–324, doi:10.1111/j.1468-0254.2006.00184.x.

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Ewing, Thor. Viking Clothing. Tempus, 2006.

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Faulkes, Anthony. A New Introduction to Old Norse. 3rd ed., Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London, 2005.

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Ferguson, Robert. The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings. Allen Lane, 2009.

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Graham-Campbell and Williams, Gareth. Silver Economy in the Viking Age. Left Coast Press, 2007.

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Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir. “The Use of Geothermal Energy at a Chieftan’s Farm in Medieval Iceland.” Archaeology International, vol. 7, Ubiquity Press, Oct. 2003, pp. 22–26, doi:10.5334/ai.0707.

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Hall, R. A. (Richard Andrew). The World of the Vikings. Thames & Hudson, 2007.

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Hayeur Smith, Michèle. Draupnir’s Sweat and Mardöll’s Tears: An Archaeology of Jewellery, Gender and Identity in Viking Age Iceland. John and Erica Hedges, 2004.

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Helle, Knut. “Viking Culture.” The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, vol. 1, Cambridge UP, 2003, pp. 121–46, doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521472999.008.

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Jesch, Judith. Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse. Boydell Press, 2001.

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Johnni Langer. “Viking Age Iceland.” Revista de História, vol. 0, no. 149, Universidade de São Paulo, Dec. 2003, pp. 267–71, doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i149p267-271.

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Kári Gíslason. “Within and Without Family in the Icelandic sagas.” Parergon, vol. 26, no. 1, Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2009, pp. 13–33, doi:10.1353/pgn.0.0145

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Lewis-Simpson, Shannon. Youth and Age in the Medieval North. Brill, 2008.

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McTurk, Rory. A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture. Blackwell Pub., 2005.

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McTurk, Rory. “Archaeology of Economy and Society.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 7–26, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch2.

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McTurk, Rory. “Geography and Travel.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 119–35, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch8.

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McTurk, Rory. “Historical Background: Iceland 870–1400.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 136–54, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch9.

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McTurk, Rory. “Historiography and Pseudo‐History.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 155–72, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch10.

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McTurk, Rory. “Language.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 173–89, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch11.

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McTurk, Rory. “Laws.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 223–44, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch14.

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McTurk, Rory. “Manuscripts and Palaeography.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 245–64, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch15.

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McTurk, Rory. “Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 285–301, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch17.

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McTurk, Rory. “Pagan Myth and Religion.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 302–19, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch18.

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McTurk, Rory. “Prose of Christian Instruction.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 338–53, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch20.

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McTurk, Rory. “Rhetoric and Style.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 354–71, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch21.

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McTurk, Rory. “Runes.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 403–26, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch24.

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McTurk, Rory. “Short Prose Narrative ( Þáttr ).” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 462–78, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch27.

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McTurk, Rory. “Skaldic Poetry.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 479–502, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch28.

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McTurk, Rory. “Social Institutions.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 503–17, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch29.

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McTurk, Rory. “Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas.” A Companion to Old Norse‐Icelandic Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, pp. 518–35, doi:10.1002/9780470996867.ch30.

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Moran, Elizabeth. “‘Devils Liquore’ and ‘Virgins Milke’: Fashion, Fetishism and Jonson’s Line.” Parergon, vol. 26, no. 1, Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2009, pp. 141–73, doi:10.1353/pgn.0.0141.

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Mountfort, Paul Rhys. Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle. Destiny Books, 2003.

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Mundal, Else. The Double Impact of Christianization for Women in Old Norse Culture. Carocci, 2001.

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Nordal, Guðrún. Skaldic Versifying and Social Discrimination in Medieval Iceland. Viking Society for Northern Research, 2003.

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Nordal, Guðrún. Tools of Literacy the Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. U of Toronto P, 2001.

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Norrman, Lena Elisabeth. Viking Women: The Narrative Voice in Woven Tapestries. Cambria Press, 2008.

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Orri Vesteinsson. The Christianization of Iceland: Priests, Power, and Social Change 1000-1300. Oxford UP, 2000.

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Peirce, Ian G. Swords of the Viking Age. Boydell Press, 2002.

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Richardson, Hazel. Life of the Ancient Vikings. Crabtree Pub., 2005.

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Ross, Margaret Clunies. A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics. D.S. Brewer, 2005.

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Ross, Margaret Clunies. Old Icelandic Literature and Society. Cambridge UP, 2000.

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Sawyer, Birgit. The Viking-Age Rune-Stones Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia. Oxford UP, 2000.

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Sayers, William. “Gender Ambiguity in Medieval Iceland: Legal Framework and Saga Dynamics.” Scandinavian - Canadian Studies, vol. 14, Assn for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada, Jan. 2002, pp. 1–27.

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Schnurbein, Stefanie, and Currid, Brian. “Shamanism in the Old Norse Tradition: A Theory Between Ideological Camps.” History of Religions, vol. 43, no. 2, Nov. 2003, pp. 116–38, doi:10.1086/423007.

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Self, Kathleen M. “Remembering Our Violent Conversion: Conflict in the Icelandic Conversion Narrative.” Religion, vol. 40, no. 3, Taylor & Francis Group, July 2010, pp. 182–92, doi:10.1016/j.religion.2009.10.011.

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Short, William R. Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques. Westholme, 2009.

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Siddorn, J. Kim. Viking Weapons & Warfare. New ed., Tempus, 2005.

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Stigsørensen, Marie Louise. “Gender, Matrial Culture, and Identity in the Viking Diaspora.” Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, no. 5, Jan. 2009, pp. 253–69, doi:10.1484/j.vms.1.100680.

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All 173 entries from the original bibliography.

About these bibliographies

The bibliographies and links were begun in 2019 with the support of the Department of Icelandic Language and Literature and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba.

The first is annotated with the major sources each new work draws on. None claims to be comprehensive.

Credits

Editors: Christopher Crocker, Dustin Geeraert, Selina Heidinger Web Design & Technical Editor: Ryan E. Johnson Additional Research: Austin Quagleini With thanks to Migration: The 9th UM / University of Iceland Partnership Conference, From Iceland to the Americas, and The Afterlife of Eddas and Sagas.