Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.
Diana Whaley is a Reader in Medieval Studies at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.Translators: Diana Whaley, Rory McTurk, Katrina Attwood, Alison Finlay, Marianne Kalinke
Sagas of Warrior-PoetsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the TranslationsSagas of Warrior-PoetsKormak's Saga (trans. Rory McTurk)The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-poet (trans. Diana Whaley)The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (trans. Katrina Attwood)The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People (trans. Alison Finlay)Viglund's Saga (trans. Marianne Kalinke)NotesPlot SummariesReference Section: MapsChronologyRulersSocial, Political and Legal StructuresThe FarmEarly Icelandic LiteratureThe Techniques of Skaldic PoetryGlossaryIndex of Characters
