Outlawry, liminality, and sanctity in the early medieval North Atlantic /
In reality, medieval outlaws were dangerous, desperate individuals. In the fiction of the Middle Ages however, the possibilities afforded by their position on societies' margins granted them the ability to fill a number of transitory, transgressive roles-young adventurer, freedom fighter, and e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press (Bibliovault) : Amsterdam University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Early medieval North Atlantic.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | In reality, medieval outlaws were dangerous, desperate individuals. In the fiction of the Middle Ages however, the possibilities afforded by their position on societies' margins granted them the ability to fill a number of transitory, transgressive roles-young adventurer, freedom fighter, and even saint. Out of Bounds examines the development of the literary outlaw in the early Middle Ages, when traditions drawn from Anglo-Saxon England, early Christian Ireland, and Viking Age Iceland informed a generous view of itinerant criminality and facilitated the application of outlaw tropes to moral questions of conduct in both secular and religious life. Taken together, the traditions of the North Atlantic archipelago reveal a world of interconnected cultures with an expansive view of movement across boundaries both literal and conceptual, capable of finding value in unlikely places and countenancing the challenges presented by such discoveries. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789048534593 9048534593 |