The Saint and the Saga Hero: Hagiography and Early Icelandic Literature by Siân E. Grønlie

The Saint and the Saga Hero: Hagiography and Early Icelandic Literature

Studies in Old Norse Literature

Siân E. Grønlie

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The relationship between that most popular of medieval genres, the saint's life, and the sagas of the Icelanders is investigated here. Although saga heroes are rarely saints themselves - indeed rather the reverse - they interact with saints in a v...

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