The Saga of Ingvar the Traveler

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Book by G.V. Glazyrina (1952–2016), which is being published for the second time with minor corrections and a summary in English, was originally published in 2002. It is devoted to the study of the “Saga of Ingvar the Traveler,” created by an Icelandic cleric during the era of the Crusades. The publication includes the text of the monument in the original, its translation into Russian and a historical and philological commentary. The introductory article contains a description of the manuscript tradition, oral and written sources of the work, and an analysis of its conceptual and artistic features. The saga reconsidered and reworked the plot, the historical accuracy of which is confirmed by contemporary sources describing the events -
published here (section prepared by E.A. Melnikova). The evidence preserved in the “Saga of Ingvar” about the everyday and spiritual life of the people of medieval Scandinavia and Ancient Rus' is in many ways unique and is of interest both to professional historians and to lovers of Old Icelandic literature

Barcode: 9785984262217 SKU: 70181264 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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