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E-book The Saga of Þórður Kakali : The Icelandic Text, with and English Translation by D.M. White

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The thirteenth-century Icelandic text The Saga of Þórður kakali survives today as part of the fourteenth-century compilation The Saga of the Sturlungar. In extant form, The Saga of Þórður kakali is a biography of Þórður kakali Sighvatsson (c. 1210–56) — chief-tain, Norwegian royal retainer, and sheriff — and covers the pe-riods 1242–50 and 1254–56.Consequently, the saga is based on a “true story.” In 1242, Þórður returned to Iceland from service as a royal retainer in Norway. At this time, Þórður appears to have been relatively penniless and powerless after being deprived of his patrimony by his enemies (chiefly Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson of the Ásbirn-ingar and Gissur Þorvaldsson of the Haukdælir) and allegedly outspending his means in Norway. In short order, Þórður was hounded to the ends of the country by his enemies, who had slain and subjugated all of his powerful kinsmen during the pre-ceding four years (1238–42) and thus taken control of over half of Iceland.However, over the course of less than a decade (1242–48), the underdog Þórður managed to overcome all the odds, de-feating his enemies and establishing hegemony over all Iceland (1248–50). Þórður was the only medieval Icelander to achieve this feat, almost seven centuries of colonial rule commencing shortly after his time (1262/4–1944). Yet, the spokes of fortune’s wheel soon turned against Þórður, and he ended up dying in exile in Norway in 1256.When it was first written, The Saga of Þórður kakali was longer and probably covered Þórður’s entire adult life (c. 1233–56). This original — *The Great Saga of Þórður kakali — is now lost. Though of unattributed authorship, *The Great Saga of Þórður kakali was written in the 1270s, potentially by Svarthöfði Dufgusson (c. 1218–c. 1286) — Þórður’s cousin and trusted fol-lower — who witnessed the majority of the events described in the text.

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839.6 WHI t

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USA : Punctum books., 2020

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323 hlm

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English

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9781953035271

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839.6

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Old Icelandic Literatures

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