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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.