The Saga of the Jomsvikings : A Translation with Full Introduction - Alison Finlay

The Saga of the Jomsvikings

A Translation with Full Introduction

By: Alison Finlay (Translator), þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir (Translator)

Hardcover | 8 October 2018

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Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jomsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress off the Baltic coast, and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows, and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work.

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