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Exploring how modern internationalism emerged as a negotiated
process through international conferences, this edited collection
studies the spaces and networks through which states, civil society
institutions and anti-colonial political networks used these events
to realise their visions of the international. Taking an
interdisciplinary approach, contributors explore the spatial
paradox of two fundamental features of modern internationalism.
First, internationalism demanded the overcoming of space,
transcending the nation-state in search of the shared interests of
humankind. Second, internationalism was geographically contingent
on the places in which people came together to conceive and enact
their internationalist ideas. From Paris 1919 to Bandung 1955 and
beyond, this book explores international conferences as the sites
in which different forms of internationalism assumed material and
social form. While international 'permanent institutions' such as
the League of Nations, UN and Institute of Pacific Relations
constantly negotiated national and imperial politics,
lesser-resourced political networks also used international
conferences to forward their more radical demands. Taken together
these conferences radically expand our conception of where and how
modern internationalism emerged, and make the case for focusing on
internationalism in a contemporary moment when its merits are being
called into question.
THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND SIGFUSSON. Translated from the Original
Old Norse Text into English BY BENJAMIN THORPE. Originally
published in 1906. PHOTOGRAPHS: Frontispiece Gunnar ( Guother).
Page Siegfried Awakens Brynhild ' 159 Death of Atli 247 A Feast in
Valhalla 331 ' s Rune Song 44 Lay of Hymir 48 Lay of Thrym, or the
Hammer Recovered 53 Lay of the Dwarf Alvis 57 Lay of Harbard . . .
. 63 Journey, or Lay of Skirmr 71 Lay of Rig 78 s Compotation, or
Loki's Altercation 84 Lay of Fiolsvith 95 Lay of Hyndla 103
Incantation of Groa 109 Song of the Sun Ill Lay of Volund 121 Lay
of Helgi Harvard's Son 137 First Lay of Helgi Hundingcide 137
Second Lay of Helgi Hundingcide 144 > tli's End 155 Lay of
Sigurd, or Gnpir's Prophecy 157 Lay of Fafnir 172. Contents
include: Gudrun's Incitement 248 The Lay of Hamdir 351 THE YOUNGER
EDDAS OF STURLESON. The Deluding of Gylfi 256 Of the Primordial
State of the Universe 259 Origin of the Frost-Giants 260 Of the Cow
Audhumla, and Birth of Odin 262 The Making of Heaven and Earth 263
Creation of Man and Woman 265 Night and Day, Sun and Moon 266
Wolves that Pursue the Sun and Moon _. 267 The Way that Leads to
Heaven 268 The Golden Age 269 Origin of the Dwarfs, and Norns of
Destiny 270 The Ash Yggdrasill and Mimer's Well 271 The Norns that
Tend Yggdrasill 273 The Wind and the Seasons 275 Thor and His
Hammer - 277 Balder and Njord 278 Njord and His Wife Skadi 279 The
God Frey and Goddess Freyja 280 Tyr and Other Gods 281 Hodur the
Blind, Assassin of Baldur 283 Loki and His Progeny 284 Binding the
Wolf Fenrir 285 The Goddesses and their Attributes 289 Frey, and
Gerda the Beautiful 291 The Joys of Valhalla 293 The Wonderful
Horse Sleipnir 297 The Ship Adapted to Sail on Sea or Land 299
Thor's Adventures in the Land of Giants 300 The Death of Baldur 315
Baldur in the Abode of the Dead 319 Loki's Capture and Punishment
321 Destruction of the Universe 323 Restoration of the Universe 327
How Loki Carried Away Iduna 329 The Origin of Poetry 331 Odin
Beguiles the Daughter of Baugi 333 Glossary 335.
Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2 1870) was a scholar of Old English and
Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich. Through his
work, he sought to promote the study of the old vernacular, against
the trend of scholarly apathy towards Anglo-Saxon literature. One
of his greatest contributions was this two-volume edition,
published as part of the Rolls Series in 1861, of the oldest and
most important chronological accounts of Anglo-Saxon affairs.
Covering the period from Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain to
around the accession of Henry II in 1154, these volumes bring
together seven manuscripts in their entirety. As none are the
original, the authorship is unknown, although Thorpe argues that
several elements indicate the influence of King Alfred (848/9 899)
upon the chronicle's compilation. The text, translated in Volume 2,
provides rich insights into Old English language, dialect and
history.
Originally published for the Record Commissioners in 1840, this
two-volume work remains a standard source for scholars of
Anglo-Saxon and early Norman legal history. Benjamin Thorpe
(1781?-1870) was a respected and prolific scholar and translator of
Old English, whose publications in the field earned him a civil
list pension in 1835. Trained in Copenhagen under Rasmus Rask,
Thorpe advocated a scientific approach to philology, and this is
reflected in the thoroughness of the notes, commentary, and
concordance appended to the sources reprinted here. The preface to
the text places the laws in their historical and geographical
context, notes where there are unavoidable gaps in the evidence,
and offers a descriptive analysis of the original documents. There
is a parallel translation of the Anglo-Saxon text, although the
original sources in Latin and Norman French remain untranslated.
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