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This book explores accounts in the Sagas of Icelanders of
encounters with foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, who
are portrayed according to stereotypes which vary depending on
their origins. Notably, inhabitants of the places identified in the
sagas as Irland, Skotland and Vinland are portrayed as being less
civilized than the Icelanders themselves. This book explores the
ways in which the Islendingasoegur emphasize this relative
barbarity through descriptions of diet, material culture, style of
warfare and character. These characteristics are discussed in
relation to parallel descriptions of Icelandic characters and
lifestyle within the Islendingasoegur, and also in the context of a
tradition in contemporary European literature, which portrayed the
Icelanders themselves as barbaric. Comparisons are made with
descriptions of barbarians in classical Roman texts, primarily
Sallust, but also Caesar and Tacitus, showing striking similarities
between Roman and Icelandic ideas about barbarians.
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