Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 701 Seiten)
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Karten, genealogische Tafeln
ISBN:
9789004696914
Serie:
The Northern World volume 97
Inhalt:
A Companion to Saxo Grammaticus presents the state of the art of Saxo studies. Leading experts explain and contextualize Saxo's massive and influential chronicle, the Gesta Danorum from around 1200.
Inhalt:
Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Maps and Genealogies -- Chapter 1 Saxo and His Gesta Danorum: : An Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Author, Place, and Date -- 3 Summary of the Gesta Danorum -- 4 This Companion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Was Saxo Grammaticus a Canon of Lund? -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Saxo Grammaticus's Study of the Roman Historiographers and His Vision of History -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Saxo Grammaticus's Portrait of Archbishop Absalon -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Saxo and Nordic Paganism -- 1 The Concept of Paganism -- 2 Idolatry -- 2.1 The Idol of Odin -- 2.2 The Idol of Svantevit -- 2.3 Idols of Thor -- 3 Odin and Odinic Heroes -- 4 Balder and Høther -- 4.1 The Rape of Rinda -- 5 Gods as Humans -- 5.1 Thorkil, Geirrøth, and Utgartha-Loki -- 5.2 Hadding-Njǫrðr -- 6 Uppsala-Centre of Pagan Delusion and Cult -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Christianity and Ecclesiastical Authority in the Gesta Danorum -- 1 The Birth of Christ and the Mission to the Danes -- 2 A Missionary, an Ordeal, and Two Christian Kings -- 3 Episcopal Virtues from Conversion to Independence -- 4 Archiepiscopal Authority until the Civil War -- 5 Metropolitan Power in Confrontation -- 6 Archiepiscopal Authority in Resignation-and in Triumph -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Saxo and Scandinavia -- 1 Icelandic Treasures: Gesta Danorum and Old Norse texts -- 2 Eddic Poetry and Fornaldarsögur -- 3 Other Source Groups-and the Gesta Danorum as a Source -- 4 Semasiology as a Mirror of Concepts: the "North" and Saxo's Use of Toponyms -- 5 Peoples in the North -- 6 Between Denmark, Iceland, and the Region of the Scritfinni: The Geography of Scandinavia -- 7 Concepts of "Scandinavia" and the "Others".
Inhalt:
"Ever since the publication of Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum at the beginning of the thirteenth century, scholars and laymen have grappled with the complex and marvellous chronicle. As much specialized scholarship has been published in Danish, this companion breaks new ground by giving a comprehensive and up-to-date tour of the work for a global audience. Attention is given to the unity of Saxo's massive chronicle, whether he is dealing with a legendary pagan past or events from his own time. Saxo's world and views are explored in ways that shed new light on all of northern Europe. Contributors are Bjørn Bandlien, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Michael H. Gelting, Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, Lars Hermanson, Lars Kjær, Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen, Annette Lassen, Anders Leegaard Knudsen, Lars Boje Mortensen, Mia Münster-Swendsen, Erik Niblaeus, Roland Scheel, Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Kurt Villads Jensen, and Helle Vogt"--
Anmerkung:
English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004518124
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A companion to Saxo Grammaticus Leiden : Brill, 2024 ISBN 9789004518124
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1163/9789004696914
Mehr zum Autor:
Heebøll-Holm, Thomas K.
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