Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 45900
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  • Title: Manly Men: (a) Gunnar Weeps, (b) The Death of Gunnar, (c) Egil and Armod
  • Source: The Viking Age: A Reader.  Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald.  University of Toronto Press , 2020.  Pages 86 - 91.
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  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Honor Masculinity Njal's saga Sagas Vikings
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  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 13
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  • Related Resources: (A) and (B) are trans. A.A. Somerville, from Brennu-Njáls saga, ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson, Íslenzk fornrit XII (Reykjavík, 1954), pp. 185-91. (C) is trans. A.A. Somerville, from Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, ed. Sigurður Nordal, Íslenzk fornrit II (Reykjavík, 1933), pp. 224-28.
  • Author's Affiliation: Brock University [McDonald and Somerville-Retired from the English Department]
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  • Year of Publication: 2020.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781487570477 (pbk); 9781487570491 (ePub); 9781487570507 (PDF)