Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vi
4. PREFACE 1
5. PARADISE ISLANDS IN THE EAST AND WEST – TRADITION AND MEANING IN SOME CARTOGRAPHICAL PLACES ON THE MEDIEVAL RIM OF THE WORLD 3
6. THE POWERS AND PURPOSES OF AN INSULAR SETTING – ON SOME MOTIFS IN OLD-NORSE LITERATURE 23
7. MONASTIC “ISLANDS” IN MEDIEVAL DENMARK: INSULAR ISOLATION IN IDEAL AND PRACTICE 36
8. RELIGIOUS ATHLETES – ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE BODY IN MEDIEVAL ASCETICISM 45
9. HOLY ISLANDS AND THE OTHERWORLD: PLACES BEYOND WATER 57
10. HVÍTRAMANNALAND AND OTHER FICTIONAL ISLANDS IN THE SEA 81
11. THE UNKNOWN ISLAND 88
12. WILL THE SON OF NINE SISTERS RULE THE SEA-KIDNEY? 97
13. THE QUALITY OF ISLANDS IN MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN LITERATURE 111
14. SEASONAL ISOLATION IN THE COMMUNICATION IN LIVONIA 120
15. UTSTEIN MONASTERY: AN ISLAND ON AN ISLAND – OR NOT? 128
16. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 139
17. INDEX 140