Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction. The goðar and “Cultural Politics” of the Years ca. 1000– 1150 1
6. PART I: PRE-CHRISTIAN RITUAL PRACTICE AND LITERARY DISCOURSE
7. Chapter 1. The Use of Silver by the Norsemen of Truso and Wolin: The Logic of the Market or Social Prestige? 19
8. Chapter 2. Silk, Settlements, and Society in Íslendingasögur 35
9. Chapter 3. Being Óðinn Bursson: The Creation of Social and Moral Obligation in Viking Age Warrior- Bands through the Ritualized, Oral Performance of Poetry—The Case of Grímnismál 51
10. Chapter 4. Elements of Satire and Social Commentary in Heathen Praise Poems and Commemorative Odes 75
11. Chapter 5. Friendship and Man’s Reputation: A Case of Odds þáttr Ófeigssonar 91
12. PART II: RECEPTION AND CULTURAL TRANSFER
13. Chapter 6. Cultural Transfer of Cognitive Structures of Fortune in the Latin and Old Icelandic Literatures and Languages: The Case of the Metaphor Fortune is a Wheel 103
14. Chapter 7. Dating, Authorship, and Generational Memory in Ljósvetninga saga: A Late Response to Barði Guðmundsson 139
15. Chapter 8. Quid Sigurthus cum Christo? An Examination of Sigurd’s Christian Potential in Medieval Scandinavia 155
16. Chapter 9. Jómsborg and the German Reception of Jómsvíkinga saga: Introducing Masterhood as a Social Norm 173
17. PART III: OUTSIDERS AND TRANSGRESSORS
18. Chapter 10. The Unfamiliar Other: Distortions of Social Cognition Through Disguise in Two Íslendingasögur 187
19. Chapter 11. A Deviant Word Hoard: A Preliminary Study of Non- Normative Terms in Early Medieval Scandinavia 201
20. Chapter 12. Enchanting the Land: Monstrous Magic, Social Concerns, and the Natural World in the Íslendingasögur 213
21. Chapter 13. Social Margins in Karlamagnús saga: The Rejection of Poverty 229
22. Chapter 14. Þótti mǫnnum … hann myndi verða engi jafnaðarmaðr: The Narrator, the Trouble- Maker, and Public Opinion 239
23. Chapter 15. Discipline or Punish? Travels and Outlawry as Social Structures in Medieval Iceland 255