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* '''Author''': | * '''Author''': Whistler, Chas. W. | ||
* '''Title''': | * '''Title''': Brunanburh and Vinheith in Ingulf‘s Chronicle and Egil’s Saga | ||
* '''Published in''': | * '''Published in''': ''SVBS'' 6 | ||
* '''Year''': 1909 | |||
* '''Year''': | * '''Pages''': 59–67 | ||
* '''Pages''': | |||
* '''E-text''': | * '''E-text''': | ||
* '''Reference''': '' | * '''Reference''': Whistler, Chas. W. "Brunanburh and Vinheith in Ingulf‘s Chronicle and Egil’s Saga." ''SVBS'' 6 (1909): 59–67. | ||
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* '''Key words''': | * '''Key words''': textual relation, history (rittengsl, sagnfræði) | ||
==Annotation== | ==Annotation== | ||
A comparison of the descriptions of the Battle of Brunanburh in Ingulf’s Chronicle and the Vínheið episode in Egils saga. Whistler summarises the main action in both battle narratives and concludes that they appear to be two independent accounts of the same historic event. | |||
==Lýsing== | ==Lýsing== | ||
Samanburður á lýsingunni á orustunni við Brunanburh í Ingólfskróniku (Ingulf’s Chronicle) og köflunum um orustuna á Vínheiði í Egils sögu. Whistler tekur saman höfuðatriðin í hvorri lýsingu fyrir sig og kemst að þeirri niðurstöðu að um sé að ræða tvær sjálfstæðar frásagnir sem lýsi þó sama sögulega atburðinum. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Egla,_54|Chapter 54]]: '''Aðalsteinn konungur''': "While entirely deprecating any conclusions as to the authority of Ingulf, in whose writings this English tradition is preserved, or insistence on the accuracy of the Egils saga, it would seem that with two independent accounts of an English battle corresponding so strangely as to preclude the idea of independent invention, we have at least ''primâ-facie'' case for considering the two as referring to the identical historical event, if not also the leader whose sword turned the fortunes of the battle." (p. 67). | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* ''Written by:'' | * ''Written by:'' Katelin Parsons | ||
* ''Icelandic | * ''Icelandic translation:'' Jón Karl Helgason | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:24, 29 August 2016
- Author: Whistler, Chas. W.
- Title: Brunanburh and Vinheith in Ingulf‘s Chronicle and Egil’s Saga
- Published in: SVBS 6
- Year: 1909
- Pages: 59–67
- E-text:
- Reference: Whistler, Chas. W. "Brunanburh and Vinheith in Ingulf‘s Chronicle and Egil’s Saga." SVBS 6 (1909): 59–67.
- Key words: textual relation, history (rittengsl, sagnfræði)
Annotation
A comparison of the descriptions of the Battle of Brunanburh in Ingulf’s Chronicle and the Vínheið episode in Egils saga. Whistler summarises the main action in both battle narratives and concludes that they appear to be two independent accounts of the same historic event.
Lýsing
Samanburður á lýsingunni á orustunni við Brunanburh í Ingólfskróniku (Ingulf’s Chronicle) og köflunum um orustuna á Vínheiði í Egils sögu. Whistler tekur saman höfuðatriðin í hvorri lýsingu fyrir sig og kemst að þeirri niðurstöðu að um sé að ræða tvær sjálfstæðar frásagnir sem lýsi þó sama sögulega atburðinum.
See also
References
Chapter 54: Aðalsteinn konungur: "While entirely deprecating any conclusions as to the authority of Ingulf, in whose writings this English tradition is preserved, or insistence on the accuracy of the Egils saga, it would seem that with two independent accounts of an English battle corresponding so strangely as to preclude the idea of independent invention, we have at least primâ-facie case for considering the two as referring to the identical historical event, if not also the leader whose sword turned the fortunes of the battle." (p. 67).
Links
- Written by: Katelin Parsons
- Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason
