Eddas and Sagas: Iceland’s Medieval Literature PDF
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Plate 1. Þingvellir As its name implies, the Alþingi, “General Assembly ”, was a meeting of the whole nation. It was laid down that it should last for two weeks over midsummer each year - a time of perpetual daylight in Iceland - and meet at Þingvöllr, ”As sembly plain” (now most often in the pL, Þingvellir^ in a magnificent natural setting some 40 km east of Reykjavik. In the picture Almannagjá, the biggest of the many rifts running through and bordering Pingvellir, is on the left, Ármanns- fell in the background. The flagpole marks the site of Lögberg, “Law-rock”, where the Lawspeaker had his reserved place and where much assembly business was done. - Photo: Hjálmar R. Barbar son. Eddas and Sagas JÓNAS KRISTJÁNSSON Eddas and Sagas Iceland’s Medieval Literature TRANSLATED BY PETER FOOTE Reykjavik Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag 1988 ©Jónas Kristjánsson 1988 Prentsmiðjan Oddi hf. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag No part of this book may be translated or reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publishers.
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