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Araltes the Varangian On Tuesday April 2nd at 11:30 AM CDT Sverrir Jakobsson, professor of history at the University of Iceland, will join the students of the Department of Icelandic Language & Literature via Zoom to discuss the end of the Viking Age and its representation in medieval Icelandic literature. The starting point will be the life of Harald the Severe who came to be… Read More »Sverrir Jakobsson – Harald the Severe
University of Manitoba Course Winter 2024 The Icelandic sagas tell stories of outlaws, blood feuds, and epic Viking battles. They also contain evidence of Norse pagan practices, the arrival of Christianity in Northern Europe, as well as the earliest documented contact between Europeans and North America’s Indigenous peoples. In this course, students will explore numerous Icelandic sagas through a variety of literary, historical, and cultural… Read More »ICEL 3330: Sagas in Translation
Sophus Bugge’s Sæmundar Edda in a clear and easy to read format This is a book published in 1867 of the Elder Edda or Poetic Edda with poetry and a finely spread dose of prosimetrum that covers Norse gods and heroes. This file was produced from the high quality file found on rafhladan.is. The main store for this document is at Norway’s Nasjonalbibliotek. It is… Read More »Eddukvæði, clear and easy to read format