Snorri Sturluson and Reykholt : the author and magnate, his life, works and environment at Reykholt in Iceland / edited by Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir and Helgi Þorláksson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir, 1947- editor.

Helgi Þorláksson, editor.

Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241.

Snorri Sturluson.

Authors, Icelandic--Biography.

Authors, Icelandic.

History.

Scholars, Medieval.

Iceland.

Scholars, Medieval--Iceland--Biography.

Iceland--History--To 1500.

Homes.

Iceland--Reykholt (Vesturland).

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

488 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press ; [2018]

Summary:

Reykholt in Borgarfjǫrðr, Iceland, is probably best known for its thirteenth-century occupant, the magnate Snorri Sturluson - historian, scholar and much-acclaimed author of Heimskringla and Edda. Reykholt was an important site before Snorri' s arrival there in the early thirteenth century since it already served as the seat of chieftains and was an importannt religious and political centre. Its high status may have been the reason why Snorri was keen to acquire it and make it his home. The collection of essays in this volume throws new light on Snorri, the place in which he chose to reside and how his presence enhanced Reykholt' s political and cultural importance. While the more general objective is to offer interdisciplinary methods to provide a better understanding of the process of centralization of power during the Commonwealth period in Iceland (930-1262), the creation of political and ecclesiastical centres and how this relates to land-use, settlement development and the creation of literature, the main focus of the investigation throughout is on Reykholt at the time of Snorri.

Reykholt in BorgarfjoÌ ̈rðr, Iceland, is probably best known for its thirteenth-century occupant, the magnate Snorri Sturluson - historian, scholar and much-acclaimed author of Heimskringla and Edda. Reykholt was an important site before Snorri' s arrival there in the early thirteenth century since it already served as the seat of chieftains and was an importannt religious and political centre. Its high status may have been the reason why Snorri was keen to acquire it and make it his home. The collection of essays in this volume throws new light on Snorri, the place in which he chose to reside and how his presence enhanced Reykholt' s political and cultural importance. While the more general objective is to offer interdisciplinary methods to provide a better understanding of the process of centralization of power during the Commonwealth period in Iceland (930-1262), the creation of political and ecclesiastical centres and how this relates to land-use, settlement development and the creation of literature, the main focus of the investigation throughout is on Reykholt at the time of Snorri.

Contents:

Introduction p. 17 / Guðrún Sveinbjamardóttir and Helgi Porláksson

Snorri Sturluson the Aristocrat Becomes lendr maðr p. 33 / Helgi Porláksson

Snorri Sturluson, the Politician, and his Foreign Relations, The Norwegian, Orcadian and Götlandish Connections p. 79 / Helgi Porláksson

Reykholt as a Centre of Power p. 109 / Viðar Pálsson and Helgi Porláksson and Sverrir Jakobsson

The Palaeoecology and Cultural Landscapes Associated with Reykholt p. 161 / Egill Erlendsson and Kevin J. Edwards and Kim Vickers and Guðrún Sveinbjanardóttir and Guðrún Gísladóttir

Natural Resources - Access and Exploitation p. 205 / Benedikt Eypórsson and Egill Erlendsson and Guðrún Gísladóttir and Guðrún Sveinbjamardóttir

The Buildings at Reykholt p. 237 / Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir and Guðrún Harðardóttir

The Deed of the Church of Reykholt p. 279 / Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson

Snorri Sturluson and the Best of Both Worlds p. 291 / Gísli Sigurðsson

Oral Rhetoric and Literary Rhetoric p. 319 / Mats Malm

The Learned Sturlungar and the Emergence of Icelandic Literate Culture p. 333 / Karl G. Johansson

The Social Conditions for Literary Practice in Snorri's Lifetime p. 389 / Torfi H. Tulinius

Reykholt and its Literary Environment in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century p. 409 / Else Mundal

The Literary Legacy of Snorri Sturluson p. 441 / Guðrún Nordal and Jon Gunnar Jørgensen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

ISBN:

9788763546126

8763546124

OCLC:

1031428226

Publisher Number:

99977635677