Norman, Wiliam H., <br/><br/>
Barbarians in the Sagas of Icelanders  homegrown stereotypes and foreign influences /  [electronic resource] : 
Wiliam H. Norman. 
 - New York, NY :  Routledge,  2021. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture .
<br/><br/> This book explores accounts in the Sagas of Icelanders of encounters with foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, who are portrayed according to stereotypes which vary depending on their origins. Notably, inhabitants of the places identified in the sagas as rland, Skotland and Vnland are portrayed as being less civilized than the Icelanders themselves. This book explores the ways in which the slendingasgur emphasize this relative barbarity through descriptions of diet, material culture, style of warfare and character. These characteristics are discussed in relation to parallel descriptions of Icelandic characters and lifestyle within the slendingasgur, and also in the context of a tradition in contemporary European literature, which portrayed the Icelanders themselves as barbaric. Comparisons are made with descriptions of barbarians in classical Roman texts, primarily Sallust, but also Caesar and Tacitus, showing striking similarities between Roman and Icelandic ideas about barbarians. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781000415766 1000415767 9781003137009 1003137008 9781000415803 1000415805 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aliens in literature.<br/>Sagas--History and criticism.<br/>Icelandic literature--History and criticism.<br/>Ethnocentrism in literature.<br/>Sagas--Classical influences.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval<br/>HISTORY / Medieval
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>839/.63