The Saga-Book - Journal of the Viking Society for Northern Research, Eight Issues from 1974 to 1981 (Six Volumes)
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| Binding: | Softcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | The Viking Society for Northern Research |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 042177 |
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| Categories: | History - Europe |
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Eight consecutive issues from 1974 to 1981 in six volumes of Saga-Book, the scholarly journal of The Viking Society for Northern Research.Β Β All issues uniformly bound in blue, light card wraps.Β 8vos.Β All volumes are clean, tight and firm but the earlier editions have lightly worn, markedΒ and faded covers and that containing Vol XIX, Parts 2-3 is a little soiled and has some pencil annotations on the front cover.Β AllΒ volumes have their title written in manuscript on the spine.
Each issue of the journal contains a selection of scholarly articles relating to the study of medieval Scandinavia and the wider Viking World.Β Β Key articles in this set include The Black Foreigners of York and the White Foreigners of Dublin; Sacral Kingship in Ancient Scandinavia; Books Owned by Ordinary People in Iceland, 1750-1830; Beowulf and Grettis Saga - An Excursion; Initial Impact of the Vikings on Irish Art; Scandinavian and Celtic Folklore Contacts in the Earldom of Orkney; etc.
Keywords:
Vikings
Sagas
Journals
Northern Tradition
Scandinavia
Scandinavian History
Northern Research
Old Norse
Iceland
Icelandic History