Download or read book The Story of Gisli the Outlaw written by Sir George Webbe Dasent and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Saga of Gisli written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Saga of Gisli" was written in the early thirteenth century, and offers an imaginative reconstruction of a story of a man and his family who came to Iceland from Norway about 950 A.D. Gisli is outlawed for killing his brother-in-law, spends a decade hiding in remote northwest Iceland, and is caught and killed. The heart of the saga, however, is the examination of the intricate emotional bonds and the laws that attempt to regulate them, as existing in a world governed finally by inevitable fate. This ancient example of a type of literature sprung from a type of community readers can barely imagine, is one of the most memorable of all the Icelandic sagas.

Download or read book The Story of Gisli the Outlaw From the Icelandic by G W Dasent With Illustrations by C E St John Mildmay written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of Gisli the Outlaw written by George Webbe Dasent and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic Icelandic saga tells the story of Gisli, a tragic outlaw hero who must avenge the death of his brother-in-law or face a lifetime of shame. Full of action and drama, this tale is a must-read for lovers of medieval literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Story of Gisli the Outlaw written by George Webbe Dasent and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Download or read book Gisli the Outlaw written by George Dasent and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of cyclic blood-revenge, set off by a casual overheard remark, leading to the protagonist, Gisli, becoming a fugitive from society, and eventually dying in single combat against a dozen foes. Set during the introduction of Christianity to Iceland, there are numerous details about pagan practices which are dotted through the narrative. The Gisli saga is notable for its deep psychological treatment of its lead character, who is tormented during his exile by vivid foreshadowing dreams of two wives, one good and one evil.

Download or read book The Story of Gisli the Outlaw written by Sir George Webbe Dasent and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gisli Sursson s Saga and the Saga of the People of Eyri written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These sagas recount fierce feuds in which honour is fought for, sacrifice is demanded, and blood is shed. The fate of the characters at the centre of each saga, however, is very different. Gisli is a traditional Viking-age hero who is determined to exact revenge at any cost and whose death is tragic when it comes. In contrast his nephew, Snorri, represents a new generation and acts to strengthen the new social order. Taken together these sagas reveal the richness and variety of the saga tradition.

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Download or read book The Story of the Gisli the Outlaw written by George Webbe Dasent and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the "Gisli the Outlaw" From the Icelandic Well, now, this is a strange thing Here Harold Fairhair has come back, and has grown young again a second time but he was old and gray when we last saw him. What can it all mean? Can he have any son so like him that we cannot tell the one from the other, save that one is young and the other old, and that this man gives us back with goodwill our freeholds and heritages which his sire took from us with overbearing might?' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Story of Rolf and the Viking s Bow written by Allen French and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Saga of Gisli the Outlaw written by George Johnston and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saga of Gisli was written early in the thirteenth century. It offers an imaginative reconstruction of the story of a man and his family who came to Iceland from Norway about AD 960. Soon after 960 Gisli, the central figure, was outlawed for killing his brother-in-law, and then, for thirteen years or more, he lived in hiding in remote parts of the northwest of Iceland until he was finally caught and killed by his enemies. Around this imaginative core the author has spun a web of conflicting passions - love, hare and jealousy between man and wife, brother and sister, brother-in-law - intricate emotional bonds which are here seen ironically patterned against a background of inevitable fate. Gisli, the hero, is portrayed not only as a man of strength and courage, but also a poet and dreamer, tormented in his outlawry by nightmarish visions which seem gradualy to sap his will to resist. The author's probing into the emotional depths of his characters, the superbly effective architecture of his narrative leading to the central climax, his sense of the dramatic, and his cool, compelling style all combine to make this one of the most memorable of all the Icelandic sagas.

Download or read book The Story of Gisli the Outlaw from the Icelandic by George Webbe Dasent With Illus by C E St John Mildmay written by Sir George Webbe Dasent and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Excommunication and Outlawry in the Legal World of Medieval Iceland written by Elizabeth Walgenbach and published by Northern World. This book was released on 2021 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book Elizabeth Walgenbach argues that outlawry in medieval Iceland was a punishment shaped by the conventions of excommunication as it developed in the medieval Church. Excommunication and outlawry resemble one another, often closely, in a range of Icelandic texts, including lawcodes and narrative sources such as the contemporary sagas. This is not a chance resemblance but a by-product of the way the law was formed and written. Canon law helped to shape the outlines of secular justice. The book is organized into chapters on excommunication, outlawry, outlawry as secular excommunication, and two case studies-one focused on the conflicts surrounding Bishop Guðmundr Arason and another focused on the outlaw Aron Hjǫrleifsson"--

Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by S. Baring-Gould and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Grettir the Outlaw by S. Baring-Gould

Download or read book Three Icelandic Outlaw Sagas written by Anthony Faulkes and published by Viking Society for Northern Research University College. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are three epic stories of exile and adventure: the heroes condemned to wander their lands in expiation of crimes committed in honour's name. The book includes an introduction, notes, a text summary and a chronology of early Icelandic literature.