Feud in the Icelandic saga

Author(s)

• Byock, Jesse L.

Bibliographic Information

Feud in the Icelandic saga

by Jesse L. Byock

University of California Press, 1993 printing, c1982

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

"First paperback printing 1993"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society--the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict--is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Feud in Saga Narrative: Its Roots in Icelandic Society 3 The Syntax of Narrative Elements 4 Units of Travel and Information and the Feudeme of Conflict 5 The Feudeme of Advocacy 6 The Feudeme of Resolution 7 Feud Clusters and Feud Chains 8 The Importance of Land in Saga Feud 9 Two Sets of Feud Chains in Njals saga 10 Saga Narrative with Low Cluster Density 11 Conclusion Appendixes A. A Brief Account of Legal and Social Terms B. Examples of Conflict Material Sources of Conflict Nonmaterial Sources of Conflict C. Examples of Advocacy Brokerage Self-Advocacy Goading Information Passing D. Examples of Resolution Arbitration Direct Resolution Rejected Resolution Index Maps

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Details

• NCID: BA26314427
• ISBN:
  • 0520082591
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 293 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 839.6808