This book explores accounts in the Sagas of Icelanders of encounters with foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, who are portrayed according to stereotypes which vary depending on their origins. Notably, inhabitants of the places identified in the sagas as Írland, Skotland…
"This book explores the way in the Sagas of Icelanders depict the barbarity of foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, through descriptions of diet, material culture, style of warfare, and character, and compares the portrayal with classical and contemporary European ideas"…
This book explores accounts in the Sagas of Icelanders of encounters with foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, who are portrayed according to stereotypes which vary depending on their origins. Notably, inhabitants of the places identified in the sagas as rland, Skotland …
