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Record Number: 45854 Author(s)/Creator(s): Contributor(s): Title: Men and Women Behaving Badly: (b) Gisli Sursson Defends the Family Honor, (c) On the Penalties for Poetry, (d) Hallfred the Troublesome Poet and Kolfinna, (e) Grettir the Strong Puts a Woman in Her Place Source: The Viking Age: A Reader.  Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald.  University of Toronto Press, 2020.  Pages 129 - 132. Description: Article Type: Translation Subject (See Also): Man Woman Relationships in Literature Sexual Abuse in Literature Social Roles Vikings Women in Active Roles Award Note: Geographic Area: Scandinavia Century: 13- 14 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: (b) is trans. A.A. Somerville, from Gisli Sursson’s Saga (Gísla saga Súrssonar), in Vestfirðinga sögur, ed. Björn K. Þórólfsson and Guðni Jónsson, Íslenzk fornrit VI (Reykjavík, 1943), pp. 7-8. (c) is trans. Andrew Dennis, Peter Foote, and Richard Perkins, The Laws of Early Iceland (University of Manitoba Press, 2000), vol. 2, pp. 198-99. (d) is trans. A.A. Somerville, Hallfred’s Saga (Hallfreðar saga), in Vatnsdœla saga, ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson, Íslenzk fornrit VIII (Reykjavík, 1939), pp. 145-146; poem p. 184. (e) is trans. A.A. Somerville, from Grettir’s Saga (Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar), ed. Guðni Jónsson, Íslenzk fornrit VII (Reykjavík, 1936), pp. 239-41. Author's Affiliation: Brock University [McDonald and Somerville- Retired from the English Department] Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2020. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 9781487570477 (pbk); 9781487570491 (ePub); 9781487570507 (PDF)

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