The Barbarian North in Medieval Imagination: Ethnicity, Legend, and Literature

By Robert Rix

Book Overview

This book examines the 'out-of-Scandinavia' legend (Scandinavia as an ancestral homeland) in a wide range of medieval texts, focusing on the Anglo-Saxon tradition. Rix maps how these discourses informed 'national' legends of ancestral origins, showing how an 'out-of-Scandinavia' legend can be found in works by writers like Jordanes, Bede,

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367871130
• ISBN13: 9780367871130
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"