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First full investigation of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic
literature. Compared to other areas of medieval literature, the
question of masculinity in Old Norse-Icelandic literature has been
understudied. This is a neglect which this volume aims to rectify.
The essays collected here introduce and analyse a spectrum of
masculinities, from the sagas of Icelanders, contemporary sagas,
kings' sagas, legendary sagas, chivalric sagas, bishops' sagas, and
eddic and skaldic verse, producing a broad and multifaceted
understanding of what it means to be masculine in Old
Norse-Icelandic texts. A critical introduction places the essays in
their scholarly context, providing the reader with a concise
orientation in gender studies and the study of masculinities in Old
Norse-Icelandic literature. This book's investigation of how
masculinities are constructed and challenged within a unique
literature is all the more vital in the current climate, in which
Old Norse sources are weaponised to support far-right agendas and
racist ideologies are intertwined with images of vikings as
hypermasculine. This volume counters these troubling narratives of
masculinity through explorations of Old Norse literature that
demonstrate how masculinity is formed, how it is linked to violence
and vulnerability, how it governs men's relationships, and how
toxic models of masculinity may be challenged.
An examination of hagiographical traditions and their impact.
Icelanders venerated numerous saints, both indigenous and from
overseas, in the Middle Ages. However, although its literary elite
was well acquainted with contemporary Continental currents in
hagiographic compositions, theological discussions, and worship
practices, much of the history of the learned European networks
through which the Icelandic cult of the saints developed and
partially survived the Lutheran Reformation remains obscure. The
essays collected in this volume address this lacuna by exploring
the legacies of the cult of some of the most prominent saints and
holy men in medieval Iceland (the Virgin Mary along with SS Agnes
of Rome, Benedict of Nursia, Catherine of Alexandria, Dominic of
Caleruega, Michael the Archangel, Jon of Holar, THorlakr of
Skalholt, Larentius of Holar, and Gudmundr the Good), using
evidence drawn from Old Norse-Icelandic and Latin hagiographic
literature, homilies, prayers, diplomas, sacred art, place-names,
and church dedications. By placing the medieval Icelandic cult of
the saints within its wider European context, the contributions
trace new historical routes of cultural transmission and define the
creative processes of the accommodation and adaptation of foreign
hagiographic sources and models in medieval and early modern
Iceland. They provide a clear picture of an Icelandic hagiographic
literature and culture that celebrates the splendour of the saints;
they also show how an engaging literary genre, which became
immensely popular on the island throughout the Middle Ages and
beyond, was created.
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