Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 4 (2008)

Contents:

Massimiliano Bampi, 'Translating Courtly Literature and Ideology in Medieval Sweden: Flores och Blanzeflor';

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, 'Following the Trollish Baton Sinister: Ludic Design in Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss';

Leszek Gardela, 'Into Viking Minds: Reinterpreting the Staffs of Sorcery and Unravelling Seiðr';

Jonathan Grove, 'Skaldic Verse-Making in Thirteenth-Century Iceland: The Case of the Sauðafellsferðarvísur';

Nanouschka Myrberg, 'Room for All? Spaces and Places for Thing Assemblies: The Case of the All-thing on Gotland, Sweden';

Ny Björn Gustaffson, 'A Sacred Stone from Björkö’s Black Earth: On the Benefits of a Second Examination';

Søren M. Sindbæk, 'The Lands of Denemearce: Cultural Differences and Social Networks of the Viking Age in South Scandinavia';

Maria Vretemark and Tony Axelsson, 'The Varnhem Archaeological Research Project: A New Insight into the Christianization of Västergötland';

Viking Identities: Myth and Memory

Judith Jesch, 'Introduction: Myth and Cultural Memory in the Viking Diaspora';

Kristel Zilmer, 'Scenes of Island Encounters in Icelandic Sagas: Reflections of Cultural Memory';

Pragya Vohra, 'The Eiríkssynir in Vínland: Family Exploration or Family Myth?';

Carolyne Larrington, 'A Viking in Shining Armour? Vikings and Chivalry in the Fornaldarsögur'.