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| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780192835307 |
Download Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Selected by Gwyn Jones--the eminent Celtic scholar--for their excellence and variety, these nine Icelandic sagas include "Hen-Thorir," "The Vapnfjord Men," "Thorstein Staff-Struck," "Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey," "Thidrandi whom the Goddesses Slew," "Authun and the Bear," "Gunnlaug Wormtongue," "King Hrolf and his Champions," and the title piece.
| Author | : Leifur Eiricksson |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2019-05-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0141991550 |
Download The Vinland Sagas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red’s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik’s son Leif the Lucky’s perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.
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| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 1880 |
| Genre | : Sagas |
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Download Eirik the Red's Saga Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 1973-09-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0141906987 |
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One of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the direct, forceful twelfth-century Graenlendinga Saga and the more polished and scholarly Eirik's Saga, written some hundred years later, recount how Eirik the Red founded an Icelandic colony in Greenland and how his son, Leif the Lucky, later sailed south to explore - and if possible exploit - the chance discovery by Bjarni Herjolfsson of an unknown land. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe's first surprise glimpse of the eastern shores of the North American continent and the natives who inhabited them.
| Author | : Jane Smilely |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 2005-02-24 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0141933267 |
Download The Sagas of the Icelanders Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.
| Author | : Matthew Leigh Embleton |
| Publisher | : Independently Published |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2021-08-30 |
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Download The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks Saga Rauða) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks Saga Rauða) is one of the two Icelandic Sagas which make up the Vínland Sagas (Vínlandingasögur) which tell the story of the Norse discovery of North America. The story includes the events leading up to Erik the Red being banished from Iceland and discovering Greenland. Following the accidental discovery of lands further west of Greenland, there are a number of expeditions to explore and settle these lands. These stories survived by oral tradition over several centuries before being written down in the 13th century. They are preserved in the Hauksbók, and the Skálholtsbók. This book is designed to be of use to anyone studying or with a keen interest in Old Norse or Old Icelandic, clearly showing how these languages work, and the influence of these languages on English. Both Old Norse and Old Icelandic versions are included. This edition is laid out in three columns, the original text, a literal word-for-word translation, and a modern translation. Also included is a word list with over 1,000 definitions. Also available in this series: The Saga of the Greenlanders (Groenlendinga Saga), The Vínland Sagas (Vínlandingasögur).
| Author | : Anonymous |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 2012-12-14 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781481241915 |
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Five-hundred and eleven years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, Eirik Thorwaldsson, or more commonly Eirik the Red, discovered, and explored the rugged coasts of Greenland, only later to lead the first established colony in North America.
| Author | : Arthur Middleton Reeves |
| Publisher | : e-artnow |
| Total Pages | : 74 |
| Release | : 2018-10-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 8026897498 |
Download Saga of the Greenlanders & Erik the Red Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Saga of the Greenlanders and Erik the Red's Saga are the main literary sources of information for the Norse exploration of North America. These sagas relate the colonization of Greenland by Erik the Red and his followers and they describe several expeditions further west led by Erik's children and Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson.
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| Total Pages | : 478 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : America |
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Download The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
| Author | : Snorri Sturluson |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2005-04-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0141915072 |
Download King Harald's Saga Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 - this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.
