{"product_id":"viking-poems-on-war-and-peace","title":"Viking Poems on War and Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Old Norse and Icelandic poets have left us vivid accounts of conflict and peace-making in the Viking Age. Russell G. Poole's editorial and critical analysis reveals much about the texts themselves, the events that they describe, and the culture from which they come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003ePoole attempts to put right many misunderstandings about the integrity of the texts and their narrative techniques. From a historical perspective, he weighs the poems' authenticity as contemporary documents which provide evidence bearing upon the reconstruction of Viking Age battles, peace negotiations, and other events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eHe traces the social roles played by violence in medieval Scandinavian society, and explores the many functions of the poet within that society. Arguing that these texts exhibit a mind-style so vastly different from our own present 'individualism,' Poole suggests that the mind-set of the medieval Scandinavian could be termed 'non-individualist.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe poems discussed are the 'Darradarljód,' where the speakers are Valkyries; 'Lidsmannaflokkr,' a rank-and-file warrior's description of Canute the Great's siege of London in 1016; 'Torf-Einarr's Revenge'; 'Egil's Duel with Ljótr,' five verses from the classic \u003cem\u003eEgils saga Skallagrimssonar\u003c\/em\u003e; 'A Battle on the Health,' marking the culmination of a famous feud described in a very early Icelandic saga, the \u003cem\u003eHeidarviga saga\u003c\/em\u003e; and two extracts from the poem \u003cem\u003eSexstefia\u003c\/em\u003e, one describing Haraldr of Norway's great fleet and victory over Sveinn of Denmark, and the other the peace settlement between these two kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe texts are presented in association with translations and commentaries as a resource not merely for medieval Scandinavian studies but also for the increasingly interwoven specialisms of literary theory and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54253345866072,"sku":"9780802067890","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780802067890__67acf204a0e5f.jpg?v=1741135516","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/viking-poems-on-war-and-peace","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}