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* '''Author''': | * '''Author''': Campbell, Alistair | ||
* '''Title''': | * '''Title''': Skaldic Verse and the Anglo-Saxon Historian | ||
* '''Published in''': | * '''Published in''': ''The Dorothea Coke Memorial Lecture in Northern Studies'' | ||
* '''Place, Publisher''': | * '''Place, Publisher''': London: Viking Society for Northern Research | ||
* '''Year''': | * '''Year''': 1971 | ||
* '''Pages''': | * '''Pages''': 1–16 | ||
* '''E-text''': | * '''E-text''': | ||
* '''Reference''': '' | * '''Reference''': Campbell, Alistair. "Skaldic Verse and the Anglo-Saxon Historian." ''The Dorothea Coke Memorial Lecture in Northern Studies'', pp. 1–16. London: Viking Society for Northern Research, 1971. | ||
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* '''Key words''': | * '''Key words''': topography, poetry, history (kveðskapur, staðfræði, sagnfræði) | ||
==Annotation== | |||
Egils saga’s poetry concerning the battle of Brunanburh (Vínheiðr) in 937 is examined as an example of Skaldic verse dealing with episodes in Anglo-Saxon history. Information in verses 16 to 22 of the saga is compared with other (English) sources as part of an examination of the poetry’s varying historical validity. | |||
==Lýsing== | ==Lýsing== | ||
Könnun á skáldskap Egils um bardagann á Vínheiði árið 937 og hann tekinn sem dæmi um dróttkvæði sem fjalla um kafla úr sögu Engilsaxa. Þær upplýsingar sem fram koma í vísum 16 til 22 eru bornar saman við aðrar (enskar) heimildir og dregnar ályktanir um misjafnt sögulegt gildi þessa skáldskapar. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Egla,_52|Chapter 52]]: "Already in the seventeenth century, scholars saw that the historical foundation of the battle of Vínheiðr, described in [verses 16 to 22 of] Egils saga, must be the battle of Brunanburh” (p. 5). | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* ''Written by:'' | * ''Written by:'' Jane Appleton | ||
* ''Icelandic | * ''Icelandic translation:'' Jón Karl Helgason | ||
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Revision as of 13:54, 29 December 2011
- Author: Campbell, Alistair
- Title: Skaldic Verse and the Anglo-Saxon Historian
- Published in: The Dorothea Coke Memorial Lecture in Northern Studies
- Place, Publisher: London: Viking Society for Northern Research
- Year: 1971
- Pages: 1–16
- E-text:
- Reference: Campbell, Alistair. "Skaldic Verse and the Anglo-Saxon Historian." The Dorothea Coke Memorial Lecture in Northern Studies, pp. 1–16. London: Viking Society for Northern Research, 1971.
- Key words: topography, poetry, history (kveðskapur, staðfræði, sagnfræði)
Annotation
Egils saga’s poetry concerning the battle of Brunanburh (Vínheiðr) in 937 is examined as an example of Skaldic verse dealing with episodes in Anglo-Saxon history. Information in verses 16 to 22 of the saga is compared with other (English) sources as part of an examination of the poetry’s varying historical validity.
Lýsing
Könnun á skáldskap Egils um bardagann á Vínheiði árið 937 og hann tekinn sem dæmi um dróttkvæði sem fjalla um kafla úr sögu Engilsaxa. Þær upplýsingar sem fram koma í vísum 16 til 22 eru bornar saman við aðrar (enskar) heimildir og dregnar ályktanir um misjafnt sögulegt gildi þessa skáldskapar.
See also
References
Chapter 52: "Already in the seventeenth century, scholars saw that the historical foundation of the battle of Vínheiðr, described in [verses 16 to 22 of] Egils saga, must be the battle of Brunanburh” (p. 5).
Links
- Written by: Jane Appleton
- Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason
