Outlawry, liminality, and sanctity in the literature of the early medieval North Atlantic / Jeremy DeAngelo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeAngelo, Jeremy, author.

Series:

Early medieval North Atlantic.

The early medieval North Atlantic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outsiders in literature.

Outlaws in literature.

North Atlantic Region--Literatures--History and criticism.

North Atlantic Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In reality, medieval outlaws were dangerous, desperate individuals. In the fiction of the Middle Ages, however, the possibilities afforded by their position on societies' margins granted them the ability to fill a number of transitory, transgressive roles: young adventurer, freedom fighter, and even saint. Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Literature of the Early Medieval North Atlantic examines the development of the literary outlaw in the early Middle Ages, when traditions drawn from Anglo-Saxon England, early Christian Ireland, and Viking Age Iceland informed a generous view of itinerant criminality and facilitated the application of outlaw tropes to moral questions of conduct in both secular and religious life. Taken together, the traditions of the North Atlantic archipelago reveal a world of interconnected cultures with an expansive view of movement across boundaries both literal and conceptual, capable of finding value in unlikely places and countenancing the challenges presented by such discoveries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Hermit and the Outlaw

1. Outlawry and Liminality in the North Atlantic

2. Imitating Exile in Early Medieval Ireland

3. Lessons of Conduct in Anglo-Saxon England

4. The Transgressive Hero

5. Cultural Exchange at the Boundaries of the Far North

6. Transgression in Transition after the Norman Conquest

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021).

ISBN:

1-003-70098-5

1-04-079201-4

90-485-3459-3

9781003700982

OCLC:

1078923345