Germanic Philology – Germanic Philology 4

The ‘Heimskringla’ and the Kings’ Sagas / ‘Heimskringla’ and the Kings’ Sagas

 

Editorial Board / Editorial Board

Fabrizio D. Raschellà (University of Siena) – Editor-in-chief / Editor-in-chief

Fulvio Ferrari (University of Trento) – President of AIFG / Chairman of AIFG

Lucia Sinisi (University of Bari) – Councillor of AIFG / Councillor of AIFG

Alessandro Zironi (University of Bologna) – Councillor of AIFG / Councillor of AIFG

 

Scientific Committee / Scientific Committee

Maria Cristina Lombardi (University of Naples “L’Orientale”) – Coordinator / Coordinator

Massimiliano Bampi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

Marcello Meli (University of Padua)

Agneta Ney (Uppsala Universitet – Högskolan i Gävle)

Maria Elena Ruggerini (University of Cagliari)

TABLE OF CONTENTS / CONTENTS

ÁRMANN JAKOBSSON
Inventing a saga form: The development of the kings’ sagas (pp. 1-22)

SVERRE BAGGE
One god and one king: The unification of Norway according to Snorri Sturluson (pp. 23-47)

MASSIMILIANO BAMPI
The king in rhyme: Some observations on Óláfs ríma Haraldssonar As a reworking of Snorri’s Óláfs saga helga (pp. 49-65)

ADELE CIPOLLA
A legendary ancestry for poets: Skáldatal in Heimskringla and Edda manuscripts (pp. 67-89)

MARIA CRISTINA LOMBARDI
Poetics and politics in Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar (pp. 91-115)

JOHN MCKINNELL
Baptising an image: Rivers in pre-Christian and early Christian tradition (pp. 117-140)

MARCELLO MELI
The prehistory of the Ynglingatal (pp. 141-157)

AGNETA NEY
Young men’s journeys in Heimskringla and the influence of queens (pp. 159-169)

GIOVANNA SALVUCCI
Grand finales in the kings’ sagas between Christian piety and Germanic stoicism (pp. 171-203)

LIST OF AUTHORS / LIST OF AUTHORS (pp. 205-206)

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