Saga of the Jomsvikings

Name: Saga of the Jomsvikings
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ISBN: 9780292776234

ISBN-10: 0292776233

ISBN-13: 9780292776234

Edition: 1955 (Reprint)

Authors: Lee M. Hollander, Malcolm Thurgood

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In Lee M. Hollander's faithful translation, all of the unknown twelfth-century author's narrative genius and flair for dramatic situation and pungent characterisation is preserved. Hollander was professor emeritus of Germanic languages at the University of Texas at Austin and an authority in Nordic language and literature. His translations of the best prose and poetry of the Old North - among themHeimskringla: History of the Kings of NorwayandThe Poetic Edda- have also appearedunder the imprint of the University of Texas Press.In A.D. 986, Earl Hkon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjrunga Bay. Sailing under his…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1955
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 116
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction



Kn7t the Foundling



King Gorm' Dreams



Earl Harold' Visions



Kn7t Gormsson Is Slain in England



King Harold and Earl H_kon Plot Together



King Harold Has -ki T=kason Slain



Palnir' Marriage. The Rise of Palnat=ki



Of King Harold and Saumaesa



Svein' Dealings with King Harold



Palnat=ki Slays King Harold and Proclaims Svein King



Palnat=ki Acknowledges His Arrow



The Founding of J=msborg



Of Earl Str7t-Harold and VTseti and Their Sons



King Svein Arbitrates the Feud



B7i, Sigvaldi, and Vagn Join the J=msvikings



Of Palnat=ki' Death and Sigvaldi' Ambition



Sigvaldi Captures King Svein



The Vows of the J=msvikings



Geirmund Escapes and Warns Earl H_kon



Preparations for the Battle



The Battle



The Aftermath



The Testing of the J=msvikings



Of Vagn, Sigvaldi, and the Other J=msvikings