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Snorri Sturluson
SNORRI STURLUSON (1179–1241) is Iceland's greatest historian. His writings include the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla, which along with the Poetic Edda are the major pr...
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The Icelandic statesman Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) was his country's most renowned historian. Although some might with justice question his accuracy, few would deny that he was a literary genius cre...
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In the following essay, Gurevich explores various texts by Snorri to illustrate that the Scandinavians of his time did not interpret history theologically and that their concept of it is implicit in t...
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In the following essay, Motz surveys the treatment of female characters in Snorri's narratives.
According to the sources from which we gain most of our knowledge concerning Germanic myth, the p...
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In the following essay, Mosher explores parallels between Baldr's death and Jesus's crucifixion.
Scholars have repeatedly been attracted to three narratives in the so-called Snorra Edda ...
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In the following essay, Macrae-Gibson discusses whether the skalds meant for their compositions to be interpreted in a larger cultural context and also analyzes Snorri's stance on the subject.
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In the following essay, Bagge examines Snorri's views regarding morality, chivalry, personality, and character.
Introduction
In the present chapter I shall attempt to draw the conclusions from ...
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In the following essay, Bagge explores the question of how reliably Snorri depicts political aspects of historical society.
In contrast to its treatment of the family sagas, modern criticism has not e...
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Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson
Critical Essay by A. Ya. Gurevich
