Medieval History
Brepols Publishers' "Making the Middle Ages" series recently published John Kennedy's Translating the Sagas. Two Hundred Years of Challenge and Response. Saga translations have played a major role in shaping attitudes towards Viking-age Scandinavia in Britain, the British Commonwealth, and the United States. This is the first examination in a socio-historical framework of the development of Icelandic saga translation into English from the late 18th century to the present day.
- 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...
- New Details Released About ?vikings? Television Series
The producers of Vikings, a historical-drama to air in 2013, have released new details about the show, including more about the plot and the actors who will be donning Norse gear. The Irish-Canadian production, which began filming in Ireland this month,...
- Scholar Finds Evidence Of Links Between Vikings And North American Natives
Old Norse sagas such as Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders have been long been considered among the most important sources of information about relations between Vikings and Native Americans. But new research suggests that accounts...
- Medieval Scholar To Take One-year Trip To Explore Iceland?s Sagas
A Cambridge scholar is starting a one-year journey across Iceland, to examine the history and significance of Icelandic sagas. Dr Emily Lethbridge, who just completed her post-doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, will be driving...
- Summer Course In Iceland On Sagas: History, Culture, Language, And More
A two-week summer course has been announced by Háskólasetur Vestfjarða (University Center of the Westfjords) in Iceland. The course is an intensive introduction to the sagas and medieval literature of the north, using Gísla saga as the example. Language,...
Medieval History
Translating the Sagas
Brepols Publishers' "Making the Middle Ages" series recently published John Kennedy's Translating the Sagas. Two Hundred Years of Challenge and Response. Saga translations have played a major role in shaping attitudes towards Viking-age Scandinavia in Britain, the British Commonwealth, and the United States. This is the first examination in a socio-historical framework of the development of Icelandic saga translation into English from the late 18th century to the present day.
- 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...
- New Details Released About ?vikings? Television Series
The producers of Vikings, a historical-drama to air in 2013, have released new details about the show, including more about the plot and the actors who will be donning Norse gear. The Irish-Canadian production, which began filming in Ireland this month,...
- Scholar Finds Evidence Of Links Between Vikings And North American Natives
Old Norse sagas such as Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders have been long been considered among the most important sources of information about relations between Vikings and Native Americans. But new research suggests that accounts...
- Medieval Scholar To Take One-year Trip To Explore Iceland?s Sagas
A Cambridge scholar is starting a one-year journey across Iceland, to examine the history and significance of Icelandic sagas. Dr Emily Lethbridge, who just completed her post-doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, will be driving...
- Summer Course In Iceland On Sagas: History, Culture, Language, And More
A two-week summer course has been announced by Háskólasetur Vestfjarða (University Center of the Westfjords) in Iceland. The course is an intensive introduction to the sagas and medieval literature of the north, using Gísla saga as the example. Language,...