Memories of Old Awake
Medieval History

Memories of Old Awake


As part of the 'Cambridge Ideas' series, learn more about Dr Emily Lethbridge's exploration of the landscapes of the Icelandic sagas ...





- Review: 15th International Saga Conference (5-11th August 2012, University Of Aarhus)
Anna Millward writes: If I remember correctly, Þórr did not wear tight spandex and dance about on stage waving his hammer.[*] The Norse mythological cosmos was not made up of different dimensional ?bubbles?, and saga scholars were chained to their desks...

- Asnc In The Media
Dr Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, University Lecturer in Scandinavian History of the Medieval Period, was one of Melvyn Bragg's guests on In Our Time on Radio 4 yesterday. The episode discussed the Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066). You can listen to the programme...

- The Saga-steads Of Iceland: A 21st-century Pilgrimage
We would like to alert you to the adventure-cum-academic-project which is about to be undertaken by one of our Research Fellows, Dr Emily Lethbridge. Her blog can be found at http://sagasteads.blogspot.com/, but we also include an outline of her project...

- Beauty And Brutality: Iceland?s Literary Landscapes
Dr Emily Lethbridge is breathing new life and understanding into the centuries-old Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) during a unique year-long research trip ? conducted from the back of a decommissoned Land Rover ambulance. The beauty and brutality...

- Medieval Icelandic Law
Medieval Icelandic Law; Medieval Icelandic Bishops? Sagas (2) Jana K. Schulman Western Michigan Univ. Dept. of English, 924 Sprau Tower 1903 W. Michigan Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331 Phone: 269-387-2627 Fax: 269-387-2562 email:...



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