This book examines the cults and legends of Martha and Mary Magdalen in medieval Scandinavia, especially Iceland.
‘This is a brilliant and genuinely ground-breaking book, representing a significant step forward in literary and historical analysis of the Norse-Gaelic interface’.
(Professor Ralph O’Connor, University of Aberdeen)
Original contributions of leading scholars in their field give an insight in the current state of research on textile art in the Middle Ages and early modern times.