Kings and warriors in early north-west Europe / Jan Erik Rekdal & Charles Doherty, editors.
| Other author | Rekdal, Jan Erik, 1951- editor. |
| Other author | Doherty, Charles, 1947- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Dublin : Four Courts Press Ltd, 2016. |
| Description | 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Living with war: poets and the Welsh experience c.600-1300 / Marged Haycock -- Warrior and king in early Ireland / Cahrels Doherty -- The medieval king: Christian king and fearless warrior / Jan Erik Rekdal -- Monsters of the tribe: berserk fury, shapeshifting and social disfunction in Táin Bó Cúailng, Egils saga and Hrólfs saga kraka / Ralph O'Connor -- Warrior time / Morgan Thomas Davies -- The low men on the totem pole: warriors and rulers in Old Norse texts from c.1200 / Ian Beuermann -- Óláfr Haraldsson, king, warrior and saint: presentations of King Óláfr Haraldsson the Saint in medieval poetry and prose / Jon Gunnar Jorgensen -- The role and identity of the warrior: self-reflection and awareness in Old Norse literary and social spaces / Stefka G. Eriksen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-465) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781846825019 hardback |
| ISBN | 1846825016 hardback |