The Saga of the Jómsvikings : : A Translation for Students / / Alison Finlay, Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Finlay, Alison,; Jóhannesdóttir, Þórdís Edda,
• Place / Publishing House: Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: The Northern Medieval World
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (124 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; The Saga of the Jómsvikings --; Bibliography --; Index of Persons and Places
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501514678; 9783110719567; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610369; 9783110606348
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501514678
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alison Finlay, Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir.

Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jómsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress of the Baltic coast and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work.