Feud in the Icelandic Saga

Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society--the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict--is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.

Author: Jesse L. Byock
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/09/1993
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.41w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780520082595