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Series: Islandica, 51
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Year: 2,000
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City: Ithaca
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Pages: XVI+556
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Pages In File: 576
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Language: English
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Topic: 102
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Identifier: 0801477832, 9780801477836
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Org File Size: 33,388,858
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Toc: Foreword by Patrick J. Stevens vii Preface ix Abbreviations xi Introduction The Narrative 1 The Manuscripts 5 The Native Sources 11 The Poetic Corpus of AEMsk and the Question of Interpolation 25 The Oral Sources 57 Time and Place of Composition 66 Toward a Profile of the Author 72 Contents of "Morkinskinna" 85 The Text of "Morkinskinna" 89 Textual Notes 405 Explanatory Notes 418 Notes on Stanzas 466 Appendixes A. Concordance of Episodes in "Fagrskinna" and "Heimskringla" 497 B. The Latin Compendium of Hakon Ivarsson 512 Maps 516 Bibliography 523 Indexes 533