IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 245: Borders of Reception, II: Old Norse and Antiquarianism
Monday 6 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | H.M. Queen Margrethe II Distinguished Research Project 'The Danish-Icelandic Reception of Nordic Antiquity' |
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| Organisers: | Katarzyna Anna Kapitan, Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Københavns Universitet Dale Kedwards, Nationaler Forschungsschwerpunkt Medienwandel - Medienwechsel - Medienwissen, Universität Zürich |
| Moderator/Chair: | Dale Kedwards, Nationaler Forschungsschwerpunkt Medienwandel - Medienwechsel - Medienwissen, Universität Zürich |
| Paper 245-a | Reception and Postmedieval Sagas: Historical Fiction, Forgery, or Something Else? (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 245-b | Writing Histories: Early Modern Historiography and Old Norse Legendary Sagas (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 245-c | Antiquarianism, Golden Ages, and Medieval Law (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | This interdisciplinary session brings together scholars examining the reception of Old Norse antiquities in literature, history, and legal studies. Philip Lavender discusses how appropriate the designation of forgery is for sagas written in an old style after the end of the medieval period as well as how periodisation undergirds (perhaps misleadingly) our understanding of such works. Through comparative analysis of paratexts in scholarly transcripts of Old Norse legendary sagas with early-modern historical works, Katarzyna Anna Kapitan discusses the use of medieval legendary sagas in early-modern Danish historiography. Ciaran McDonough explores the numerous translations of medieval Irish and Icelandic law tracts in the mid-19th century. |