The intellectual complexion of the Icelandic Middle Ages: toward a new profile of Old Icelandic saga literature.

Scandinavian Studies | September 22, 1997| | Copyright

The conventions of Western chronological thought and the inheritance of the Christian religion, with which we are all familiar even though we may not believe in it, have taught us to consider the approach of millennia as significant markers of change, whether changes of significance actually take place then or not. Equally, the approach of a millennium induces retrospective review of the past and prognostications of future developments. In this millennial spirit, then, practitioners of Medieval Studies have been looking back over recent years at the history of their academic ...

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