Ragnar Loðbrók Isn’t Real : The Limits of Treating Sagas Like History

Abstract: Ragnarr Loðbrók is perhaps the most famous Viking in modern consciousness. Between History Channel’s ›Vikings‹ and ›Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla‹, this 9th century Scandinavian king dominates the image of an egalitarian society, where a farmer can, through his own brilliance, perform famous deeds and becomes a renowned, conquering king, whose death causes his sons and loyal drengir to invade and conquer most of England in the Great Viking Army. https://www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/index.php/mittelalterdigi/article/view/3291

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch

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• Bibliographic citation: Ragnar Loðbrók Isn’t Real ; volume:1 ; number:2 ; day:14 ; month:03 ; year:2021 ; Mittelalter digital ; 1, Heft 2 (14.03.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bierstedt, Adam

Further information

• DOI: 10.17879/mittelalterdigi-2020-3291
• URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:6:3-mittelalterdigital-2020-32361
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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