| Paper 809-b | Rollon Princeps Normannorum: De l'histoire à la fiction
(Language: Français)
Liliane Irlenbusch-Reynard, Abteilung für Skandinavische Sprachen und Literaturen, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Politics and Diplomacy |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
Readers have long recognized the tendency of saga authors to inflate the importance of Icelanders abroad. The local aristocracy offer the visitors all possible honours: their noble ancestry is recalled, they are given good seats at court, they are included in the affairs of state. At times, we see Icelanders acting as representatives of the king in his dealings abroad or within the remoter regions of his kingdom. During Queen Gunnhildr's influence, the Icelander must even, it seems, be prepared for seduction. Inevitably, the newcomer at court is heard and admired, and comparisons with the locals are most often to the visitor's credit. This paper asks whether this general tendency in the representation of Icelanders abroad holds for Icelandic encounters with foreign visitors to Iceland. Do Icelanders retain their elevated status, and do Icelanders treat visitors to their country in the same way as they are treated abroad? Further, can we use such encounters to generalize about medieval Icelandic perceptions of Europe? The analysis is supported by discussion of the characterization of foreigners in Iceland in the family and contemporary sagas.
Paper -b:
Rollon, chef des Normands qui, par le Traité de Saint-Clair-sur-Epte en 911, reçut du roi Charles le Simple Rouen et sa région, est une personnalité historique incontournable de l'histoire européenne. Cela dit, sur ce chef viking, fondateur du duché de Normandie et à l'origine d'une glorieuse dynastie, les sources contemporaines ne livrent que quelques bribes d'informations, offrant aux historiographes des siècles qui suivirent l'opportunité d'imaginer et de créer l'image de Rollon qui seyait à leur temps, en ce lieu.
Quelles sont ces représentations successives de Rollon? En quoi sont-elles divergentes? Et pourquoi le sont-elles? A ces questions, je souhaite répondre dans la présentation que je propose.
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