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Discover what Vikings did when they were at home in this fun medieval history and literature podcast about the Icelandic sagas. Hosted by two medieval literature professors with beards.
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Friday Sep 13, 2013
Friday Sep 13, 2013
Our grand quest to place the sagas of the Icelanders on
trial begins with an acknowledged classic–the relatively brief (but totally
epic) Hrafnkels saga Freysgoði. The story of a harsh chieftain who
falls from power and rises again, the men who band together against him, and
the horse at the center of it all,Hrafnkels saga offers a
listener-friendly introduction to the complex and blood-drenched world of the
Icelandic sagas. And it comes with torture!
Hrafnkel’s Saga and Other Icelandic Stories (Penguin Classics)
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I like this podcast, but I would have really liked more story-telling and sense of the text. When it came to the discussion I felt like you had enjoyed the saga without me.
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