Acts of Malcolm IV (1153-1165)

Acts of Malcolm IV (1153-1165)
Author: Barrow G W S Barrow
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Constitutional history
ISBN: 1474464203

The Acts of Malcolm IV (1153-1165)

Sagas, Saints and Settlements

Sagas, Saints and Settlements
Author: Gareth Williams
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004138072

This volume contains seven papers relating to Norse history and literature. Two cover issues of saga genre, two explore the relationship between sagas and medieval hagiography, and three consider aspects of the Norse settlement in Scotland from an interdisciplinary perspective. With contributions by Svanhildur Oskarsdottir, Phil Cardew, Haki Antonsson, Gareth Williams, Barbara Crawford and Simon Taylor.

St. Magnús of Orkney

St. Magnús of Orkney
Author: Haki Antonsson
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004155805

This book looks at the emergence of the cult of St Magnus, earl of Orkney (d. 1117), and the literary corpus composed in his honour. Both aspects are examined from a wider Scandinavian and European perspective.