Scandinavia's longest runic inscription, the visually and textually imposing early ninth-
century Rök stone, opens in a way that serendipitously illustrates the memory, media, and …

In an article entitled “Size Matters: Penile Problems in Sagas of Icelanders” published in
2007, I set out to evaluate the usefulness (or otherwise) of psychoanalytic theory as a lens …

Essays on Eddic Poetry presents a selection of important articles on Old Norse literature by
noted medievalist John McKinnell. While McKinnell's work addresses many of the perennial …

Viking Mediologies is a study of pre-modern multimedia rooted in the embodied poetic
practice of Viking Age skalds. Prior study of the skaldic tradition has focused on authorship …

Medieval medicine, including its documented practices, theoretical underpinnings, and
varied traditions, has long sparked interest among scholars. However, in recent decades …

Combining an accessible approach with innovative scholarship, An Introduction to the
Sagas of Icelanders provides up-to-date perspectives on a unique medieval literary genre …

This article presents a study of the Icelandic landscape concept, and its meaning and
embedded connotations. The present-day understanding of the concept provides the point …

A close reading of medieval Icelandic literature reveals that multiple dichotomies—
animal/human, wild/domestic, bestial/civilised, wilderness/habitation, nature/culture—can be …

During the early travels of Oddr and Ásmundr in Örvar-Odds saga, these sworn brothers
come to a large and well-lit hall in Bjarmaland. They see many people enjoying themselves …

From around 1130 to 1240, Norway was troubled by a series of internal conflicts and
succession disputes. In this article, I explore one element of Norwegian prelates' conduct …