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Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland

Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland The Construction of a Discourse of Political Resistance - Viking and Medieval Scandinavia

Hardback (31 Jul 2014) | English,Icelandic

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume examines the performative and ideological functions of texts dealing with magic in contexts of social and political conflict. The book focuses on the use of discourses of magic in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Icelandic texts concerned with kingship.

Book information

ISBN: 9782503551579
Publisher: Brepols
Imprint: Brepols
Pub date:
DEWEY: 839.609377
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English,Icelandic
Number of pages: x, 232
Weight: 544g
Height: 239mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 20mm